Mount Defiance
Mount Defiance rises to 810 m in California. Pinyon Peak stands 1,602 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Upper Crust, a cliff 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q21476545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 810 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monolith: 0.9 mi
- Teaching Rock: 1.0 mi
- Scout Peak: 1.7 mi
- North Chalone Peak: 1.9 mi
- High Peaks: 1.9 mi
- Santa Barbara Park: 8.3 mi
- San Antonio Park: 8.3 mi
- ORCHARD LANE PARK: 8.3 mi
- Peverini Park: 8.3 mi
- Aurelio Ramirez Park: 8.4 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Moses Spring: 1.0 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 2.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 3.0 mi
- Parson Spring: 3.8 mi
- Stone Spring: 13.7 mi
- The Upper Crust: 0.8 mi
- Discovery Wall: 1.0 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 1.1 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 2.2 mi
- The Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 10.4 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 18.2 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 18.4 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 24.4 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 11.0 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 18.1 mi
- Saddle Association Museum: 21.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 18.3 mi
- Upper Ranch Entrance: 23.7 mi
- Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 24.7 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 19.0 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 19.9 mi
- Panoche Hills: 24.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 18.1 mi
- Laguna falls: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Mount Defiance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinyon Peak | SSW 209° | 1,602 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chews Ridge | WSW 244° | 1,549 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,451 m | 24.1 mi |
| Laguna Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,361 m | 22.1 mi |
| Hepsedam Peak | ESE 118° | 1,354 m | 22.1 mi |
| Palo Escrito Peak | WSW 256° | 1,352 m | 18.3 mi |
| Ell Peak | WSW 244° | 1,297 m | 16.2 mi |
| Panther Peak | ESE 118° | 1,297 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Pinnacles National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Oct; busiest: Apr.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358782944
Day trips start here
- Pinnacles National Park · 1 mi
- Soledad · 9 mi
- Monterey County · 10 mi
- San Benito County · 10 mi
- King City · 18 mi
- Hollister · 30 mi
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