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. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49055340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,091 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
- 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
- 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
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 4.8 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
- 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
- Vinny's Mini-World: 4.2 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 4.8 mi
- Wedding Garden: 5.0 mi
- Madagascar Spiny Forest: 5.0 mi
- Henry C. Soto Water Conservation Garden: 5.0 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
- 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
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 3.4 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 25 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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