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Mount Harvard

Mount Harvard, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Harvard rises to 1,640 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Yale, a peak 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49052935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1640 m
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Coordinates34.21324, -118.06219

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 2.9 mi
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.4 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.5 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 3.6 mi
  • The "M": 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Vinny's Mini-World: 3.5 mi
  • Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Australian Discovery Area: 4.6 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Madagascar Spiny Forest: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 50
Springs: 41
  • Doe Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Fern Springs: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Bailey Canyon Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Sturtevant Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 2.6 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Leontine Falls: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 6.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Mount Harvard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNE 40°2,433 m11.1 mi
Twin PeaksNE 47°2,365 m10.5 mi
Pacifico MountainN 8°2,165 m11.8 mi
Granite MountainN 357°1,998 m10.9 mi
RoundtopN 358°1,908 m9.6 mi
Mount HillyerNNE 16°1,881 m9.8 mi
Strawberry PeakNW 326°1,879 m5.9 mi
San Gabriel PeakNW 315°1,878 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 243266 — Mount Harvard, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/3238715581

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