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Mount Markham

Mount Markham, a peak in California
Mount Markham, a peak in CaliforniaiNaturalist user: trickykid1 · CC BY 4.0

Mount Markham rises to 1,746 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is San Gabriel Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.9 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49053537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,746 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.23677, -118.09913

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 60
Peaks: 59
Gardens: 56
  • Altadena Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 55
Attractions
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.3 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.3 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 5.1 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 5.7 mi
  • Boone Sculpture Garden: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 47
Picnic sites: 43
Springs: 40
  • Not Much of a Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Doe Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Fiddleneck Spring: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 3.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Markham. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNE2,433 m11.6 mi
Twin PeaksENE2,365 m11.3 mi
Pacifico MountainNNE2,165 m10.7 mi
Granite MountainN1,998 m9.4 mi
Mount GleasonNNW1,990 m10.6 mi
RoundtopNNE1,908 m8.2 mi
Mount HillyerNNE1,881 m9.1 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW1,879 m3.4 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 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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 245537 — Mount Markham, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358788670

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