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Mount Lee, a peak in California
Mount Lee, a peak in CaliforniaDowntowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lee, a peak in California
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Mount Lee, a peak in California
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Mount Lee, a peak in California
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Mount Lee, a peak in California
Robert Barlow · CC BY 3.0
Mount Lee, a peak in California
Robert Barlow · CC BY 3.0

Mount Lee rises to 521 m in California. San Gabriel Peak stands 1,878 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hollywood Sign, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Lee is a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Hollywood Sign is located on its southern slope.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q3321921, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
521 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.13458, -118.32197

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cahuenga Peak: 0.3 mi
  • Burbank Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Chapel: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Baby Bell: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Bell: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Lake Hollywood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Buena Vista Park: 1.2 mi
  • Stars Hollow: 1.3 mi
  • Toyon Canyon Closed Landfill: 1.3 mi
  • Warner Brothers Studio Cafeteria: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 60
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 43
  • 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Captain's Roost: 1.2 mi
  • Tom LaBonge Panorama: 1.3 mi
  • Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Hollywood Sign: 0.0 mi
  • Wisdom Tree: 0.6 mi
  • Haunted Picnic Table 29: 0.9 mi
  • Colonial Street: 1.4 mi
  • War of the Worlds Set: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 23
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.0 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.3 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 3
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Lee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakENE1,878 m14.8 mi
Mount DisappointmentENE1,819 m14.6 mi
Mount DeceptionNE1,767 m14.2 mi
Mount MarkhamENE1,746 m14.6 mi
Mount LoweENE1,699 m14.1 mi
Josephine PeakNE1,694 m14.2 mi
Condor PeakNNE1,658 m14.4 mi
Mount LukensNNE1,547 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2128388635

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