Telegraph Peak
Telegraph Peak rises to 2,713 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunder Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Telegraph Peak, is a peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and San Bernardino County, California. With an elevation of 8,989 feet (2,740 m), it is highest point in the Cucamonga Wilderness of the San Bernardino National Forest. Most of the bedrock, including that of the summit, is cataclastic gneiss. Granodiorite underlies much of the southern portion.
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Wikidata Q7696249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,713 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Thunder Mountain: 0.5 mi
- North Thunder: 0.8 mi
- Timber Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bighorn Peak: 1.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 2.5 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Schowalter Rock Pile: 7.4 mi
- Keenbrook Lime Kiln: 7.7 mi
- Blue Cut: 7.9 mi
- Mormon Road: 8.1 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 8.6 mi
- On Point: 9.8 mi
- The Wedge: 10.9 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 11.1 mi
- Jesus Saves: 11.1 mi
- Joe Elliot Tree Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 7.1 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 7.2 mi
- Heritage Community Park: 7.5 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 7.0 mi
- Guasti Garden: 11.1 mi
- Conifer Country: 12.0 mi
- Western Junipers: 12.0 mi
- Bay Laurels: 12.0 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 3.8 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 7.0 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Casa de Rancho Cucamonga County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Cooper Regional History Museum: 11.9 mi
- Columbine Spring: 1.3 mi
- Forked Spruce Spring: 5.8 mi
- Dustin Spring: 6.3 mi
- Fallen Leaf Spring: 6.5 mi
- Guffy Spring: 6.5 mi
- Applewhite Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Shelter B: 7.5 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Site B: 10.4 mi
- Site A: 10.4 mi
- North Etiwanda Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 11.4 mi
- Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station: 12.2 mi
- Rodman Arboretum: 12.4 mi
- Route 66: 8.4 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 8.6 mi
- Tongva Village: 12.2 mi
- Fairplex Garden Railroad: 15.6 mi
- Galleano Winery: 17.7 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 2.2 mi
- Canyon Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bonita Falls: 5.8 mi
- Etiwanda Falls: 6.8 mi
- Middleman Falls: 10.2 mi
- Hamiltair Cove Beach: 22.7 mi
- Hamiltair community Beach: 23.0 mi
- Burnt Mill Beach: 23.1 mi
- Arrowhead Resort Beach: 23.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 23.4 mi
- Politana: 20.9 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 21.4 mi
- La Placita: 22.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.7 mi
- shooting gallery: 22.1 mi
- Rock Climbing: 25.0 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Telegraph Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | NW 305° | 3,068 m | 3.3 mi |
| West Baldy | WNW 299° | 3,044 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NW 324° | 2,942 m | 4.4 mi |
| Dawson Peak | NW 323° | 2,917 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Harwood | NW 311° | 2,907 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | NW 305° | 2,860 m | 11.6 mi |
| Throop Peak | WNW 298° | 2,779 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Burnham | WNW 303° | 2,740 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 250309 — Telegraph Peak, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358793280
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