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Montañon Peak

Montañon Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Montañon Peak rises to 551 m in California. Devil's Peak stands 740 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is High Mount, a peak 0.8 miles away. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
551 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.01812, -119.57476

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Channel View Park: 22.3 mi
  • Neptune Square Park: 22.3 mi
  • West Channel Park: 22.3 mi
  • La Jenelle Park: 22.5 mi
  • Mandalay County Park: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 17
Historic sites: 13
Peaks: 8
  • High Mount: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 4.4 mi
  • Harbor: 5.7 mi
  • Summit Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Camel Peak: 9.0 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Arch Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Arch Rock: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Profile Point: 16.8 mi
  • Fraser Point: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montañon Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devil's PeakW 274°740 m12.0 mi
High MountNW 318°482 m0.8 mi
Blanca SierraW 260°464 m14.3 mi
Mount PleasantWSW 258°425.5 m4.4 mi
Summit PeakE 93°285 m8.4 mi
Camel PeakE 94°247 m9.0 mi
HarborW 268°169 m5.7 mi
Loma de la CruzNE 41°120 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:10
June solstice05:4819:3720:14
September equinox06:4718:2418:57
December solstice07:0116:1516:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565757596164676767656056
Precip in2.93.32.30.70.30.10.00.00.10.50.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 25 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Channel Islands National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2729186186

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