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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. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49053587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,576 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
Attractions
Peaks: 58
Historic sites: 39
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
Artworks: 26
Picnic sites: 24
Museums: 16
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 2
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pacifico MountainSE2,165 m18.7 mi
Granite MountainSE1,998 m17.8 mi
Mount GleasonSSE1,990 m14.2 mi
Bare MountainSE1,937 m19.9 mi
RoundtopSE1,908 m18.9 mi
Mount HillyerSE1,881 m21.1 mi
Strawberry PeakSSE1,879 m21.5 mi
Messenger PeakSSE1,833 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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