Jepson Peak
Jepson Peak rises to 3,416 m in California. San Gorgonio Mountain stands 3,502 m to the east-southeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Charlton Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away.
The story
Jepson Peak is a summit, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of San Gorgonio Mountain, in the San Gorgonio Wilderness. It is the second highest summit in Southern California, but most authors would not rank this peak because it has less than 300 feet (91 m) of prominence and does not qualify as an independent peak. The peak is named for Willis Linn Jepson, who was a University of California botanist and a charter member of the Sierra Club.
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Wikidata Q6180460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3416 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Charlton Peak: 0.6 mi
- Dobbs Peak: 0.9 mi
- Charlton Peak: 1.0 mi
- San Gorgonio Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dragon's Head: 1.2 mi
- Lodgepole Spring: 1.7 mi
- High Meadow Springs: 2.0 mi
- Trail Fork Springs: 3.4 mi
- San Y Ca Spring: 3.6 mi
- Jackstraw Spring: 4.2 mi
- Barton Flats Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Lakeview Field: 4.9 mi
- Jenks Lake Junction Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Oak Glen Schoolhouse Museum and Park: 6.9 mi
- The Wildlands Concervency: 7.1 mi
- Sand to Snow National Monument: 8.1 mi
- Sawmill Pebble Plain: 9.8 mi
- Bluff Lake Reserve: 10.7 mi
- nature corridor: 12.2 mi
- Whitewater Preserve: 13.4 mi
- C-47 Crash Site: 1.6 mi
- Gold Rush Mining Company Adventures: 10.7 mi
- Champion Lodgepole Pine: 10.9 mi
- Snow Play: 10.9 mi
- Time Bandit Pirate Ship: 11.2 mi
- Green Spot Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Thurman Flats Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Aspen Glen Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Juniper Point Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Meadows Edge Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Oak Glen School House Museum: 6.8 mi
- Edward-Dean Museum & Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Edward Dean Museum of Decorative Arts: 11.2 mi
- Big Bear Valley Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Mousley Museum of Natural History: 11.6 mi
- Swim Beach: 10.6 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 12.8 mi
- Penninsula Park Beach: 21.7 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Village Lakefront: 22.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 22.2 mi
- Henry Washington Survey Marker: 5.1 mi
- Mile High Ranch Road Tree: 8.7 mi
- Thee Oak Tree: 8.7 mi
- Pigmy Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Eden Hot Springs: 18.7 mi
- Silverwood Falls: 2.4 mi
- Big Falls: 3.1 mi
- Monkeyface Creek: 6.3 mi
- Monkeyface Falls: 6.3 mi
- Monkeyface Creek: 6.4 mi
- Pirate: 11.2 mi
- Mr. Rex: 13.2 mi
- Dinny: 13.3 mi
- Fork in the Road: 19.1 mi
- Smiley Brothers Statue: 19.7 mi
- Voodoo Garden: 14.7 mi
- Saint Francis Garden: 18.4 mi
- Brother Boniface Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 18.5 mi
- LaFourcade Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Keller Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Dry Falls: 24.5 mi
- Belleville: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Jepson Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gorgonio Mountain | ESE 102° | 3,502 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bighorn Mountain | ESE 119° | 3,352 m | 1.7 mi |
| Dragon's Head | SE 138° | 3,312 m | 1.2 mi |
| Anderson Peak | WNW 298° | 3,304 m | 3.2 mi |
| Charlton Peak | NNW 328° | 3,291 m | 1.0 mi |
| Shields Peak | NW 308° | 3,261 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Charlton Peak | NNW 327° | 3,248 m | 0.6 mi |
| San Bernardino East Peak | WNW 292° | 3,236 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Bear Lake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358786597
Day trips start here
- Big Bear Lake · 10 mi
- Southern California · 11 mi
- Banning · 12 mi
- Beaumont · 14 mi
- Redlands · 20 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 22 mi
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