Occidental Peak
Occidental Peak rises to 1,736 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Markham, a peak 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49058174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1736 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Markham: 0.9 mi
- San Gabriel Peak: 1.0 mi
- Mount Lowe: 1.3 mi
- Mount Disappointment: 1.5 mi
- Mount Wilson: 1.5 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 4.9 mi
- Richardson House: 4.9 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 5.8 mi
- USC Pacific Asia Museum: 6.9 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 1.6 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 2.6 mi
- Resevoir: 2.7 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 2.7 mi
- Mount Lowe Railway Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 3.1 mi
- Henninger Flats: 3.2 mi
- Casa Del Caballero: 3.2 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 3.3 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.6 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.6 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 4.7 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 5.3 mi
- Boone Sculpture Garden: 6.5 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 3.6 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 3.7 mi
- Robert M McCurdy Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 4.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 4.9 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 5.1 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 5.3 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 5.3 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 5.3 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 5.0 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 7.2 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 7.4 mi
- Student Gallery: 7.4 mi
- Pan: 7.6 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 5.5 mi
- Paul Little: 5.5 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Doe Spring: 6.5 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 6.8 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 6.9 mi
- Baughman Spring: 8.5 mi
- Fiddleneck Spring: 10.4 mi
- Leontine Falls: 2.5 mi
- Thalehaha Falls: 2.6 mi
- Roaring Rift Falls: 2.6 mi
- Suspended Boulder Falls: 2.6 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 16.3 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Occidental Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | NE 50° | 2,433 m | 10.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 58° | 2,365 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | NNE 15° | 2,165 m | 10.5 mi |
| Granite Mountain | N 4° | 1,998 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNW 331° | 1,990 m | 11.2 mi |
| Roundtop | N 6° | 1,908 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | NNE 26° | 1,881 m | 8.8 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NNW 328° | 1,879 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246799 — Occidental Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/3238713826
Day trips start here
- La Cañada Flintridge · 6 mi
- Pasadena · 6 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 7 mi
- Arcadia · 8 mi
- Monrovia · 8 mi
- San Marino · 8 mi
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