Peak · California
Roundtop
Roundtop rises to 1,908 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1908 m
How to reach it
Coordinates34.35250, -118.06868
- 15.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Granite Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rabbit Peak: 1.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pacifico Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mount Hillyer: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Switzer Camp: 8.1 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 9.0 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 9.8 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 10.0 mi
- Resevoir: 10.2 mi
Parks
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Soledad Sands Park: 9.5 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 9.9 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Acton Park: 11.1 mi
Museums
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 8.8 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 12.2 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 12.7 mi
- Richardson House: 12.7 mi
- Bolton Hall: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 10.2 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 10.3 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 10.4 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 10.7 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 10.8 mi
Attractions
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 11.5 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 11.5 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 12.6 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 12.8 mi
- Sandrocks: 12.9 mi
Gardens
- Altadena Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 12.0 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 12.0 mi
- Food Garden: 12.1 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 12.1 mi
Artworks
- The Redoubt: 11.8 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 11.9 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 13.2 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 13.7 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 14.3 mi
Springs: 47
- Baughman Spring: 2.4 mi
- Sheep Camp Spring: 2.9 mi
- Aliso Spring: 3.0 mi
- Fountainhead Spring: 3.1 mi
- Fiddleneck Spring: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 37
- Hidden Springs: 4.6 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Upper Switzer Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 8.2 mi
- Royal Falls: 9.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 9.5 mi
- Millard Falls: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Llano Del Rio: 17.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Spa Palace: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Roundtop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | E 98° | 2,433 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pleasant View Ridge | ENE 74° | 2,433 m | 9.5 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | ENE 77° | 2,387 m | 9.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 107° | 2,365 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,359 m | 10.7 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | E 83° | 2,304 m | 10.6 mi |
| Winston Peak | E 87° | 2,277 m | 7.6 mi |
| Akawie Peak | E 90° | 2,220 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:08 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248430 — Roundtop, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358791399
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 13 mi
- Pasadena · 14 mi
- Arcadia · 15 mi
- Monrovia · 15 mi
- Glendale · 16 mi
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