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Monument Peak

Monument Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Monument Peak rises to 1,607 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bailey Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

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Monument Peak is a summit in the San Bernardino Mountains, of San Bernardino County, California. It stands at an elevation of 5,272 ft (1,607 m).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q22077928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,607 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.24552, -117.35342
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bailey Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Jobs Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Sugarpine Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Playground Drive Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Tokay Hill: 2.8 mi
Parks
  • Cedarpines Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mini Park: 2.9 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 3.1 mi
  • Verdemont Park: 3.2 mi
  • Al Guhin Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Ronald Reagan Mural on Berlin wall: 3.3 mi
  • COE Iron Sculpture: 4.7 mi
  • Nutcracker: 4.7 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 4.7 mi
  • Jack Brown Sculpture: 4.8 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Guasti Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 16.1 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 17.4 mi
  • Fire Prevention Garden: 17.6 mi
Springs: 50
  • Sugarpine Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Convict Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Dustin Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Warm Spring: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 50
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 26
Picnic sites: 23
  • Cleghorn Day Use: 2.9 mi
  • Serrano Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Chamise: 3.8 mi
  • Sycamore Landing: 4.2 mi
  • Live Oak Landing: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Middleman Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Hesperia Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Hamiltair Cove Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • shooting gallery: 8.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 17.7 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 18.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
  • High Desert Truck Stop: 20.2 mi
  • Wildwood Rest Area: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Monument Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioW3,068 m17.0 mi
Dawson PeakWNW2,917 m16.6 mi
Mount HarwoodW2,907 m16.2 mi
Telegraph PeakW2,713 m14.0 mi
Cucamonga PeakW2,695 m13.3 mi
Etiwanda PeakW2,640 m12.6 mi
Ontario PeakW2,640 m15.5 mi
Thunder MountainW2,613 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0616:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373742485463696963534336
Precip in8.49.95.22.81.10.30.10.10.32.12.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Arrowhead, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246157 — Monument Peak, San Bernardino County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358789393

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