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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
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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 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

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.13458, -118.32197

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
Artworks
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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites: 45
  • 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
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: 5
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 12.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.1 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 14.8 miles of Mount Lee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gabriel PeakENE 59°1,878 m14.8 mi
Mount DisappointmentENE 58°1,819 m14.6 mi
Mount DeceptionNE 56°1,767 m14.2 mi
Mount MarkhamENE 61°1,746 m14.6 mi
Mount LoweENE 61°1,699 m14.1 mi
Josephine PeakNE 43°1,694 m14.2 mi
Condor PeakNNE 24°1,658 m14.4 mi
Mount LukensNNE 27°1,546.6 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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