Smith Mountain
Smith Mountain rises to 1,540 m in California. West Baldy stands 3,044 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chamisal Mesa, a peak 1.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 19 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,540 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glendora Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 11.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 12.1 mi
- Chamisal Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Bichota Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Burro Peak: 2.0 mi
- East Mermaid: 2.4 mi
- Burrito Peak: 2.4 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 5.0 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 5.5 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 8.9 mi
- Carlyle E. Linder Equestrian Park: 9.1 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 7.2 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 8.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 9.1 mi
- In the Pines: 12.0 mi
- San Dimas Veterans Monument at Freedom Park: 12.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 12.2 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 14.0 mi
- Baja California: 14.0 mi
- Torrey Pines: 14.0 mi
- Eagle: 12.5 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 14.2 mi
- Intersections II: 14.3 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 14.5 mi
- Hilda Solis/Dolores Huerta: 14.9 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 8.7 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 8.8 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 10.2 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 11.4 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 12.3 mi
- Fern Springs: 3.7 mi
- Alexander Spring: 4.0 mi
- Snow Spring: 4.0 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 4.3 mi
- Little Jimmy Spring: 4.8 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 6.7 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 9.0 mi
- Sandrocks: 9.5 mi
- The "M": 12.1 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 13.4 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 5.2 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Jackson Lake: 10.9 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 5.9 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 7.8 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 8.0 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 9.8 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 10.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 15.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Baldy | E 88° | 3,044 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | NE 47° | 2,860 m | 7.8 mi |
| Throop Peak | NE 38° | 2,779 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Burnham | NE 41° | 2,740 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | NE 39° | 2,677 m | 5.3 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | NE 37° | 2,593 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Lewis | NNE 28° | 2,546 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Islip | NNE 17° | 2,518 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358792742
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