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Occidental Peak

Occidental Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates34.23498, -118.08368

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
  • 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
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites: 47
Springs: 40
  • 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
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNE 50°2,433 m10.9 mi
Twin PeaksENE 58°2,365 m10.6 mi
Pacifico MountainNNE 15°2,165 m10.5 mi
Granite MountainN 4°1,998 m9.4 mi
Mount GleasonNNW 331°1,990 m11.2 mi
RoundtopN 6°1,908 m8.2 mi
Mount HillyerNNE 26°1,881 m8.8 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW 328°1,879 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

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

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