Mount Torquemada
Mount Torquemada rises to 407 m in California. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Catalina Head, a peak 0.8 miles away. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49054923, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 407.2 m
How to reach it
110 named places within 25 miles
- Pelican Cove Park: 22.2 mi
- Point Vicente Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Vanderlip Park: 22.4 mi
- Point Vicente Park and Civic Center: 22.5 mi
- Founders Park: 22.6 mi
- Catalina Head: 0.8 mi
- Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Blue Cavern Point: 2.7 mi
- Fish: 2.9 mi
- Silver Peak: 3.3 mi
- Lion Head: 1.7 mi
- Perdition Caves: 2.7 mi
- Spouting Caves: 2.7 mi
- Ribbon Beach: 3.5 mi
- Spring Landing: 3.7 mi
- Cochise's Grave: 12.6 mi
- Point Vicente Lighthouse: 22.2 mi
- Battery Barnes 240: 22.4 mi
- Point Vicente Park: 22.5 mi
- Portuguese Bend Whaling Station: 22.9 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 22.6 mi
- Vicente Bluffs Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Abalone Cove Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve: 22.8 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Santa Catalina Island Map: 6.5 mi
- Leroy: 12.9 mi
- Pacific Gray Whale: 22.4 mi
- Stephen M. White: 23.4 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 23.4 mi
- Descanso Beach: 12.5 mi
- Middle Beach: 12.9 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 22.7 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 23.5 mi
- Catalina Island Museum: 12.8 mi
- Point Vicente Interpretive Center: 22.4 mi
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 23.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 23.4 mi
- 01: 4.5 mi
- Torqua Spring: 9.5 mi
- Wrigley Botanical Gardens: 12.8 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 22.4 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Torquemada. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Orizaba | ESE 124° | 639 m | 7.1 mi |
| Black Jack Mountain | ESE 115° | 596 m | 7.7 mi |
| Silver Peak | WNW 303° | 550 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Banning | SE 132° | 492 m | 6.5 mi |
| East Mountain | SE 124° | 476 m | 14.2 mi |
| Cactus Peak | SSE 147° | 466 m | 8.0 mi |
| Fletcher | ESE 106° | 454 m | 7.9 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NNE 26° | 449 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 250551 — Mount Torquemada, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358793537
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