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.
The story
mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49074806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1540 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
- 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
- David Burrows: 12.0 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
- A: 8.9 mi
- Eagle: 12.5 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 14.2 mi
- Intersections II: 14.3 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 14.5 mi
- 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
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 12.2 mi
- Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 14.0 mi
- Baja California: 14.0 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 12.0 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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