Mount Orizaba
Mount Orizaba rises to 639 m in California. Black Jack Mountain stands 596 m to the northeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Banning, a peak 1.1 miles away. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Orizaba is the highest peak on Santa Catalina Island, California, United States. The summit is at 2,097 feet (639 m). On January 10, 1949, 8 inches (200 mm) of snow fell on the mountain. There is an FAA VORTAC installation at the summit. It is named after Pico de Orizaba, the tallest peak in Mexico.
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Wikidata Q6922604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 639 m
How to reach it
66 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Banning: 1.1 mi
- Black Jack Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Eagles Nest: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher: 2.4 mi
- Whitleys Peak: 2.9 mi
- Whales Tail: 3.3 mi
- Salta Verde Point: 4.1 mi
- Catalina Casino: 5.7 mi
- Bird Park: 5.7 mi
- Avalon Dive Park: 5.7 mi
- Cochise's Grave: 5.6 mi
- Sunken City: 23.9 mi
- Korean Friendship Bell: 24.1 mi
- Battery Farley: 24.2 mi
- Battery Osgood: 24.2 mi
- Point Fermin Park: 23.9 mi
- Wilder Annex Point Fermin Park: 24.0 mi
- White Point Park: 24.1 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Park: 24.3 mi
- Lookout Point Park: 24.3 mi
- Santa Catalina Island Map: 1.8 mi
- Leroy: 5.8 mi
- Stephen M. White: 24.3 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 24.3 mi
- Descanso Beach: 5.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 5.8 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 24.3 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 24.3 mi
- Catalina Island Museum: 5.7 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 24.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 24.3 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 24.5 mi
- Torqua Spring: 3.0 mi
- Wrigley Botanical Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Orizaba. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Mountain | NE 56° | 596 m | 1.2 mi |
| Silver Peak | WNW 303° | 550 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Banning | WSW 252° | 492 m | 1.1 mi |
| East Mountain | SE 125° | 476 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cactus Peak | SSW 211° | 466 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fletcher | NE 43° | 454 m | 2.4 mi |
| Slide 2 | WNW 301° | 419 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | WNW 304° | 407 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avalon Catalina AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808416
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