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Timber Mountain

Timber Mountain, a peak in California
Timber Mountain, a peak in CaliforniaUser:agriffith14 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Timber Mountain rises to 2,521 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbine Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.

About

The story

Timber Mountain is a peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, located in the Cucamonga Wilderness, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino County, California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q25208594, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2521 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.24508, -117.59367
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Joe Elliot Tree Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Heritage Community Park: 6.4 mi
  • Lost Lake Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
  • Beryl Park East: 7.6 mi
  • Confluence Park Trail Rest: 7.6 mi
Gardens
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 5.9 mi
  • Guasti Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Conifer Country: 11.2 mi
  • Western Junipers: 11.3 mi
  • Bay Laurels: 11.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 7.8 mi
  • On Point: 8.6 mi
  • The Wedge: 9.7 mi
  • Jesus Saves: 10.0 mi
  • Madonna of the Trail: 10.1 mi
Museums: 52
Attractions: 48
  • Route 66: 8.5 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 9.1 mi
  • Tongva Village: 11.4 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 14.9 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
Springs: 32
  • Columbine Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Dustin Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Waterfalls: 12
  • San Antonio Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Hamiltair Cove Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 22.9 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.5 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 20.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.1 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.5 mi
  • shooting gallery: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
  • High Desert Truck Stop: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Timber Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNW 315°3,068 m4.3 mi
West BaldyNW 310°3,044 m4.5 mi
Pine MountainNNW 329°2,942 m5.6 mi
Dawson PeakNNW 329°2,917 m4.7 mi
Mount HarwoodNW 322°2,907 m3.6 mi
Mount Baden-PowellNW 309°2,860 m12.5 mi
Throop PeakWNW 302°2,779 m13.8 mi
Mount BurnhamNW 306°2,740 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:4019:2920:06
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373642465461686761514236
Precip in4.44.91.90.80.80.11.10.30.41.21.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 274140 — Timber Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358802311

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