Mount Zion
Mount Zion rises to 1,091 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sturtevant Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49055340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1091 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Point: 1.7 mi
- Clamshell Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Harvard: 2.0 mi
- Mount Wilson: 2.0 mi
- Mount Yale: 2.1 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 1.9 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 3.3 mi
- Richardson House: 3.3 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Gilb Museum Of Arcadia Heritage: 5.7 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Historical Wilderness Area: 2.8 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park: 3.3 mi
- Cabin ruins: 2.7 mi
- The Jim Heasley Oak: 3.3 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail: 3.3 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 3.8 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Wall: 4.0 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 3.3 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 3.5 mi
- Oak Park: 3.5 mi
- Sierra Vista Park: 3.6 mi
- Highland Oaks Park: 3.8 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 3.4 mi
- The "M": 3.9 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 4.0 mi
- Queen Anne Cottage: 5.2 mi
- Reid-Baldwin Adobe: 5.3 mi
- Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 4.2 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 4.8 mi
- Wedding Garden: 5.0 mi
- Madagascar Spiny Forest: 5.0 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 6.2 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 7.6 mi
- Pan: 7.7 mi
- Hymenaios: 7.7 mi
- Allegory of Fright: 7.7 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 2.6 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Doe Spring: 6.1 mi
- Fern Springs: 9.0 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 10.0 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 10.1 mi
- Winston Spring: 10.2 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 0.5 mi
- Hermit Falls: 1.7 mi
- Bailey Canyon Falls: 3.1 mi
- Eaton Canyon Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Leontine Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 17.6 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 21.9 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Mount Zion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | NNE 32° | 2,433 m | 9.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 39° | 2,365 m | 9.1 mi |
| Winston Peak | NNE 28° | 2,277 m | 11.3 mi |
| Akawie Peak | NNE 34° | 2,220 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | N 358° | 2,165 m | 11.6 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,998 m | 11.1 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 346° | 1,908 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | N 4° | 1,881 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 251912 — Mount Zion, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358794989
Day trips start here
- Monrovia · 5 mi
- Arcadia · 6 mi
- Pasadena · 7 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 8 mi
- San Marino · 8 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 9 mi
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