Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks rises to 2,365 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the east-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is West Twin, a peak 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 17 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,365 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Twin: 0.6 mi
- Waterman Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Triplet Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Akawie Peak: 2.6 mi
- Kratka Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 9.8 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Richardson House: 12.3 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 12.3 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 2.1 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 7.9 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 10.4 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 8.7 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 10.8 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 11.0 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 12.1 mi
- The Jim Heasley Oak: 12.3 mi
- Eagle: 14.0 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 15.2 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 15.6 mi
- Pan: 16.8 mi
- Hymenaios: 16.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.1 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 13.2 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 13.7 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 13.7 mi
- Wedding Garden: 13.8 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 7.7 mi
- Sandrocks: 8.1 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 10.5 mi
- The "M": 12.0 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 12.5 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 9.2 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 10.3 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 11.0 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 11.8 mi
- Sierra Madre Historical Wilderness Area: 11.9 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 2.1 mi
- Winston Spring: 2.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 3.8 mi
- Doe Spring: 4.3 mi
- Snow Spring: 4.5 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 3.4 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 3.8 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 11.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 3.4 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 8.9 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 9.0 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 9.3 mi
- Hermit Falls: 10.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 13.6 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 14.3 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | ENE 72° | 2,860 m | 9.7 mi |
| Throop Peak | ENE 72° | 2,779 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Burnham | ENE 70° | 2,740 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | ENE 76° | 2,677 m | 7.1 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | ENE 78° | 2,593 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Lewis | ENE 61° | 2,546 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Islip | ENE 68° | 2,518 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NE 46° | 2,504 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795142
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 12 mi
- Monrovia · 13 mi
- Arcadia · 14 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 15 mi
- Baldwin Park · 16 mi
- Covina · 16 mi
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