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Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak, a peak in California
Sunset Peak, a peak in CaliforniaDaniel Guo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sunset Peak rises to 1,723 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Forked Spruce Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49080227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1723 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.21667, -117.68933

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hog Back: 1.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Colver Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Stoddard Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Sunset Point: 2.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 4.6 mi
  • Intersections II: 7.2 mi
  • Pomegranate Trees: 7.4 mi
  • Scripps Graffiti Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Millard Sheets Art Center: 7.8 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 5.7 mi
  • Western Junipers: 7.0 mi
  • Conifer Country: 7.0 mi
  • Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 7.0 mi
  • Baja California: 7.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 6.0 mi
  • Schowalter Rock Pile: 7.4 mi
  • Larkin Memorial Sundial: 8.4 mi
  • Veterans' Monument Project: 8.4 mi
  • 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Picnic sites: 37
  • Shelter B: 6.4 mi
  • Shelter B: 6.4 mi
  • Site A: 7.0 mi
  • Site B: 7.3 mi
  • Site A: 7.3 mi
Springs: 35
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 25
Waterfalls: 21
  • Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Wolfskill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.2 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.3 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 3.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Sunset Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 26°3,068 m5.6 mi
West BaldyNNE 22°3,044 m5.3 mi
Pine MountainNNE 21°2,942 m7.2 mi
Dawson PeakNNE 27°2,917 m6.7 mi
Mount HarwoodNNE 34°2,907 m5.8 mi
Mount Baden-PowellNNW 336°2,860 m10.7 mi
Throop PeakNW 326°2,779 m11.2 mi
Mount BurnhamNNW 332°2,740 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4019:2920:07
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358802254

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