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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
1607 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
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
Historic sites
Gardens
  • 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: 16.7 mi
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 17.4 mi
Springs: 56
  • Sugarpine Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Convict Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Dustin Spring: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 50
Museums: 46
Picnic sites: 31
  • 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
Nature reserves: 27
Waterfalls: 11
  • 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: 7
  • shooting gallery: 8.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 17.7 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 17.9 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 18.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
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 AntonioW 280°3,068 m17.0 mi
Dawson PeakWNW 284°2,917 m16.6 mi
Mount HarwoodW 280°2,907 m16.2 mi
Telegraph PeakW 275°2,713 m14.0 mi
Cucamonga PeakW 263°2,695 m13.3 mi
Etiwanda PeakW 265°2,640 m12.6 mi
Ontario PeakW 266°2,640 m15.5 mi
Thunder MountainW 275°2,613 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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