Parker Mountain
Parker Mountain rises to 1,263 m in California. Winston Peak stands 2,277 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Angeles National Forest, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49059952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,263 m
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Acton Park: 1.5 mi
- Soledad Sands Park: 1.8 mi
- Cypress Park: 3.4 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Park: 5.7 mi
- Foothill Park: 8.0 mi
- B-52: 12.3 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 12.3 mi
- A-12: 12.4 mi
- U-2: 12.4 mi
- SR-71: 12.4 mi
- Communitree: 13.8 mi
- The Redoubt: 14.2 mi
- Elephant Bush: 14.9 mi
- Dos Picos: 15.0 mi
- Astral Challenger: 15.1 mi
- Three Sisters Rock: 3.9 mi
- Messenger Peak: 5.6 mi
- Famous Rock: 5.8 mi
- Vasquez Rocks: 5.9 mi
- Mount Gleason: 6.2 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.5 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- El Cariso Mountain Garden: 14.8 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 1.5 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 12.3 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 12.6 mi
- Switzer Camp: 14.4 mi
- Car wreck: 14.6 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 4.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 5.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 6.2 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 6.3 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 8.0 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 6.2 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 12.4 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 12.4 mi
- Bolton Hall: 14.8 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 15.3 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 5.3 mi
- Hidden Springs: 11.0 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 11.5 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 1.1 mi
- Santa Clarita City Open Space: 11.1 mi
- Stevenson Family Open Space: 12.8 mi
- Texas Canyon Open Space: 13.1 mi
- East Walker Ranch Open Space: 13.3 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 9.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 14.5 mi
- Royal Falls: 15.0 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 14.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.0 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 22.5 mi
- Mentryville: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Peak | ESE 113° | 2,277 m | 17.6 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | ESE 117° | 2,165 m | 11.8 mi |
| Granite Mountain | SE 126° | 1,998 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Gleason | SSE 158° | 1,990 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,937 m | 13.6 mi |
| Roundtop | SE 131° | 1,908 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | ESE 123° | 1,881 m | 13.9 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | SSE 155° | 1,879 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 247261 — Parker Mountain, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790406
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 10 mi
- Palmdale · 11 mi
- Santa Clarita · 17 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 18 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 18 mi
- Glendale · 19 mi
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