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Mount McDill

Mount McDill, seen from above at true elevation

Mount McDill rises to 1,576 m in California. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fryingpan Springs, a spring 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 30 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1576 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.56637, -118.27526

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 3.5 mi
  • Rancho Vista Park: 5.8 mi
  • Foothill Park: 5.8 mi
  • Marie Kerr Park: 6.0 mi
  • Vasquez Rocks Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites: 47
Springs: 37
  • Fryingpan Springs: 0.9 mi
  • Bear Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Big Oak Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Artesian Spring: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 29
Artworks: 26
Museums: 16
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Mount McDill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pacifico MountainSE 133°2,165 m18.7 mi
Granite MountainSE 139°1,998 m17.8 mi
Mount GleasonSSE 157°1,990 m14.2 mi
Bare MountainSE 126°1,937 m19.9 mi
RoundtopSE 141°1,908 m18.9 mi
Mount HillyerSE 135°1,881 m21.1 mi
Strawberry PeakSSE 156°1,879 m21.5 mi
Messenger PeakSSE 161°1,833 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3320:10
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5716:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475055616876838276665446
Precip in1.41.81.10.40.10.00.20.00.10.40.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 245668 — Mount McDill, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358788853

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