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Mount Disappointment

Mount Disappointment, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Disappointment rises to 1,819 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is San Gabriel Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.3 miles off.

The story

Mount Disappointment is a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California with a summit elevation of 5,963+ feet (1,818+ m). It was named "Disappointment" in 1894 when USGS surveyors in the Wheeler Survey sighted it from the Santa Susana Mountains, believing it to be the highest point in the immediate area, decided to use it as their next triangulation point. When they reached the summit, however, they discovered that San Gabriel Peak half a mile (0.8 km) to the east was 167 feet (51 m) higher and it was a disappointment so they moved there instead. A Nike missile site was located there in 1955 and the summit was flattened to accommodate it. The missile site was abandoned in 1965. The mountain top is now an important telecommunications site for both commercial and government organizations.

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Wikidata Q6920446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1819 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.24635, -118.10504

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.9 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.9 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 5.9 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 6.5 mi
  • Enchanted Railroad: 6.8 mi
Gardens
  • Altadena Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Unincorporated Mural: 4.6 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 7.1 mi
  • Student Gallery: 7.1 mi
  • The Redoubt: 7.7 mi
  • The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 43
Springs: 42
  • Not Much of a Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Doe Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Deer Spring: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 3.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Mount Disappointment. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainENE 57°2,433 m11.5 mi
Twin PeaksENE 65°2,365 m11.3 mi
Pacifico MountainNNE 23°2,165 m10.2 mi
Granite MountainNNE 13°1,998 m8.8 mi
Mount GleasonNNW 335°1,990 m9.9 mi
RoundtopNNE 16°1,908 m7.6 mi
Mount HillyerNE 36°1,881 m8.8 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW 341°1,879 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807978

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