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. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,736 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 25 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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