Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 487 m in California. Gordon Point stands 1,722 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Park, a park 2.5 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in San Diego County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386601.
Wikidata Q49067656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 487 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Park: 2.5 mi
- Live Oak County Park: 2.7 mi
- Fallbrook Park: 3.0 mi
- Village View Park: 3.4 mi
- Ball Park: 3.5 mi
- Gavilan Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Monserate Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Patrol: 3.8 mi
- Pu'eska Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Rock Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Slots: 6.2 mi
- Table Games: 6.2 mi
- Deal or No Deal: 6.2 mi
- High Limit Gaming & Salon: 6.2 mi
- Rewards Club: 6.3 mi
- Grand Tradition: 4.2 mi
- Student Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Chaparral ROP 2008-9: 6.8 mi
- Rose Hall of Fame: 6.8 mi
- Daylilyhill Specialties: 6.9 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 3.7 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 6.8 mi
- Cupa Cultural Center: 7.1 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 7.1 mi
- Little Temecula History Center: 7.6 mi
- Unborn Child Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Eldon Rotz Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Sara M. Margiotta Memorial: 6.9 mi
- They Passed This Way: 7.1 mi
- Singing in the Rain: 7.5 mi
- Pechanga Hot Springs: 9.1 mi
- Mud Springs: 12.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 12.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 12.7 mi
- Case Spring: 13.5 mi
- Fallbrook Totem Bird Sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Hungry Wolf: 6.5 mi
- Historic Fire Wagon 28: 6.8 mi
- Old Town Arch: 6.8 mi
- Redhawk Logo: 7.5 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Emerson Oaks Reserve: 9.7 mi
- Employee Break Area: 8.6 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 13.2 mi
- Silvercrest Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Rotary Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Shipwreck Shore: 17.6 mi
- Oceanside City Beach: 18.1 mi
- Buccaneer Beach: 18.4 mi
- South Oceanside Beach: 18.7 mi
- Saint Malo Beach: 18.9 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 3.3 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 16.1 mi
- El Salto Falls: 16.5 mi
- Ortega Falls: 20.7 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 21.5 mi
- Leon: 17.2 mi
- Willard: 21.0 mi
- Terra Cotta: 23.4 mi
- San Pasqual: 24.7 mi
- Pinacate: 25.0 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 16.8 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 17.0 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 23.4 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Point | E 98° | 1,722 m | 15.9 mi |
| Morgan Hill | E 98° | 1,718 m | 15.7 mi |
| Boucher Hill | ESE 106° | 1,651 m | 16.3 mi |
| Eagle Crag | E 94° | 1,538 m | 13.6 mi |
| Clark | W 276° | 1,527 m | 8.5 mi |
| Lone Fir Point | ESE 105° | 1,463 m | 15.9 mi |
| Agua Tibia Mountain | E 87° | 1,454 m | 12.1 mi |
| Elsinore Peak | NNW 328° | 1,078 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:26 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248054 — Red Mountain, San Diego County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358791027
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