Ontario Peak
Ontario Peak rises to 2,640 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Ontario Peak is a 8,696 ft (2,651 m) high peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Like its neighbor Cucamonga Peak, it is in the San Bernardino National Forest, and in the Cucamonga Wilderness. The peak is named for the nearby city of Ontario, about 12 mi (19 km) due south, and first appeared in the United States General Land Office Forest Atlas in 1908. The most accessible trailhead for hiking Ontario Peak is in Icehouse Canyon. Forest Service Trail 7W07 leads from here to Icehouse Saddle, from which the Ontario Peak Trail leads to the summit. This route is 13 miles (20.9 km) round trip, with 4,100 feet (1,200 m) of elevation gain.
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Wikidata Q7094870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2640 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.1 mi
- Bighorn Peak: 1.6 mi
- Turtle's Beak: 2.0 mi
- Timber Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cucamonga Peak: 2.2 mi
- Joe Elliot Tree Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Community Park: 5.2 mi
- San Antonio Park: 5.9 mi
- Confluence Park Trail Rest: 6.2 mi
- Beryl Park West: 6.4 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 4.6 mi
- Conifer Country: 9.2 mi
- Western Junipers: 9.3 mi
- Bay Laurels: 9.3 mi
- Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 9.3 mi
- Schowalter Rock Pile: 5.5 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 8.0 mi
- Thomas Michael McFall / Army: 8.9 mi
- Mark Paine / Army: 8.9 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 5.9 mi
- On Point: 8.0 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 8.5 mi
- The Wedge: 8.9 mi
- George Chaffey, Jr. 1848-1932: 9.0 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 2.1 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 4.6 mi
- Casa de Rancho Cucamonga County Museum: 8.2 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 9.1 mi
- Cooper Regional History Museum: 9.3 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 8.0 mi
- Tongva Village: 9.4 mi
- Route 66: 10.6 mi
- Fairplex Garden Railroad: 12.9 mi
- Galleano Winery: 15.7 mi
- Shelter B: 5.2 mi
- Shelter B: 5.2 mi
- Applewhite Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Site B: 7.8 mi
- Site A: 7.8 mi
- North Etiwanda Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 7.8 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 8.6 mi
- Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station: 9.5 mi
- Rodman Arboretum: 9.6 mi
- Columbine Spring: 1.5 mi
- Forked Spruce Spring: 3.6 mi
- Fallen Leaf Spring: 4.3 mi
- Dustin Spring: 6.7 mi
- Columbine Spring: 7.0 mi
- Canyon Falls: 1.7 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 3.1 mi
- Etiwanda Falls: 6.5 mi
- Bonita Falls: 6.8 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 8.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 19.9 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.1 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 20.4 mi
- shooting gallery: 24.0 mi
- Hamiltair Cove Beach: 24.3 mi
- Hamiltair community Beach: 24.6 mi
- Burnt Mill Beach: 24.6 mi
- Arrowhead Resort Beach: 24.7 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 24.9 mi
- Politana: 20.9 mi
- La Placita: 21.3 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 22.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 1.7 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Ontario Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | NNW 343° | 3,068 m | 4.4 mi |
| West Baldy | NNW 337° | 3,044 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 349° | 2,942 m | 6.0 mi |
| Dawson Peak | N 352° | 2,917 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Harwood | N 353° | 2,907 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | NW 318° | 2,860 m | 12.1 mi |
| Throop Peak | NW 310° | 2,779 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Burnham | NW 315° | 2,740 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 272799 — Ontario Peak, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801854
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