Townsend Peak
Townsend Peak rises to 961 m in California. Alamo Mountain stands 2,248 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site, a historic site 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 961 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitaker Peak: 2.6 mi
- Loma Verde: 4.6 mi
- Blue Point: 4.7 mi
- Fustero Point: 4.9 mi
- Redrock Mountain Benchmark: 6.4 mi
- Scream!: 10.5 mi
- Character Meet and Greets: 10.6 mi
- Twisted Colossus: 10.6 mi
- Batman: The Ride: 10.6 mi
- Batmobile: 10.6 mi
- Camino Del Valle Park: 6.0 mi
- Castaic Sports Complex: 6.8 mi
- Hasley Canyon Equestrian Center: 8.1 mi
- Val Verde Community Regional Park: 8.1 mi
- Val Verde Community Park: 8.1 mi
- Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site: 1.6 mi
- Knapp Ranch: 9.0 mi
- Paul Walker Memorial: 9.8 mi
- St. Francis Dam: 10.2 mi
- Tumble Inn: 10.4 mi
- Fisher Spring: 2.5 mi
- Oak Flat Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cienaga Spring: 5.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 5.3 mi
- Juan Fernandez Spring: 6.0 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 10.2 mi
- Communitree: 16.7 mi
- Tiki: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 21.4 mi
- Construction UCLA: 21.4 mi
- Rancho Camulos: 11.3 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 15.8 mi
- Bunkhouse: 15.8 mi
- William S. Hart Museum: 15.9 mi
- Pardee House: 15.9 mi
- Frenchmans Flat: 4.9 mi
- Shady Acres: 5.5 mi
- Hideaway: 5.5 mi
- Fisherman's Rest: 5.5 mi
- Heron's Haven: 5.6 mi
- Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Garden: 12.3 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 13.5 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 14.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.9 mi
- Holser Canyon Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Tapia Canyon Open Space: 7.5 mi
- Haskell Canyon Open Space: 12.7 mi
- Laing-Brookfield Open Space: 14.2 mi
- Santa Clarita City Open Space: 14.6 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 18.0 mi
- White Swift Falls: 21.4 mi
- Jackson Falls: 21.7 mi
- Punch Bowl: 22.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.1 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Tejon Pass Rest Area - Northbound: 21.0 mi
- Tejon Pass Rest Area - Southbound: 21.2 mi
- Mentryville: 13.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Townsend Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Mountain | WNW 296° | 2,248 m | 16.9 mi |
| Peak 7047 | WNW 290° | 2,148 m | 16.6 mi |
| McDonald Peak | WNW 290° | 2,090 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sewart Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,076 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cobblestone Mountain | WNW 289° | 2,042 m | 10.6 mi |
| San Rafael Peak | WNW 284° | 2,022 m | 18.2 mi |
| Snowy Peak | WNW 299° | 1,990 m | 12.8 mi |
| Topatopa Peak | W 265° | 1,891 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 250567 — Townsend Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358793563
Day trips start here
- Castaic · 6 mi
- Magic Mountain · 11 mi
- Valencia · 14 mi
- Santa Clarita · 15 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 15 mi
- Santa Clara Valley · 16 mi
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