Mendenhall Peak
Mendenhall Peak rises to 1,413 m in California. Granite Mountain stands 1,998 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Springs, a spring 1.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049197, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1413.1 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Magic Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mount McKinley: 2.9 mi
- Limerock Peak: 3.3 mi
- Kagel Mountain: 4.2 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 3.0 mi
- Car wreck: 6.7 mi
- Destroyed Ku Klux Klan Monument: 6.8 mi
- KKK Cross: 6.8 mi
- Griffith Ranch Historical Monument: 6.9 mi
- Lopez Canyon Park: 4.5 mi
- Dexter Park: 5.1 mi
- Lopez Canyon Trailhead Park: 5.9 mi
- Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center: 6.0 mi
- Kagel Canyon Park: 6.0 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 4.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 4.7 mi
- Fond Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 5.3 mi
- Big Tujunga Wash Open Space: 5.3 mi
- El Cariso Mountain Garden: 6.0 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 8.1 mi
- Dos Picos: 6.3 mi
- Elephant Bush: 6.4 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 7.6 mi
- The Redoubt: 7.7 mi
- Construction UCLA: 7.9 mi
- Bolton Hall: 6.8 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 6.9 mi
- Casa de López: 8.7 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Nethercutt Museum: 9.0 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 7.3 mi
- Burbank Christmas Tree: 9.9 mi
- Convento: 9.9 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 11.7 mi
- Letter "H": 12.2 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 4.4 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 5.6 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Hidden Springs: 10.4 mi
- Indian Springs: 1.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 1.9 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 2.5 mi
- Fascination Spring: 3.9 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 4.0 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 3.8 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 9.3 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 11.0 mi
- Royal Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 13.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.2 mi
- Mentryville: 17.1 mi
- Spa Palace: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Mendenhall Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Mountain | E 83° | 1,998 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Gleason | ENE 76° | 1,990 m | 8.0 mi |
| Roundtop | E 89° | 1,908 m | 14.0 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | ESE 112° | 1,879 m | 11.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | ESE 121° | 1,878 m | 14.3 mi |
| Messenger Peak | ENE 71° | 1,833 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | ESE 121° | 1,819 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | ESE 114° | 1,807 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/347424494
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 10 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 11 mi
- Burbank · 12 mi
- Glendale · 12 mi
- North Valley · 12 mi
- Santa Clarita · 12 mi
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