Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks rises to 399 m in California. El Cajon Mountain stands 1,112 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Peaks SE, a peak 0.1 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Poway, San Diego County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 399 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Peaks SE: 0.1 mi
- Peak 1091: 0.4 mi
- Peak 1032: 0.5 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Van Dam Peak: 3.1 mi
- Silverset Park: 0.6 mi
- Aubrey Park: 1.1 mi
- Arbolitos Mini Park: 1.2 mi
- Adobe Ridge Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.3 mi
- Poway Heritage Museum: 1.3 mi
- Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 2.4 mi
- Classic Rotors Museum: 8.5 mi
- Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 8.6 mi
- Escondido Museum: 9.7 mi
- Abraxas Garden: 1.4 mi
- Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 4.7 mi
- Bonsai Pavillion: 8.4 mi
- Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 10.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 11.1 mi
- Potato Chip Rock: 4.3 mi
- The Kit Carson Park Snake: 6.6 mi
- Africa Tram: 7.9 mi
- Mawazo Woods Discovery Area: 8.0 mi
- Lions: 8.0 mi
- Saint Gregory the Great: 4.6 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 4.6 mi
- The Hawk: 4.9 mi
- Dionysus Bust: 8.7 mi
- Grande Step Totem: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 3.9 mi
- Soroptomist Grove: 4.8 mi
- Martha Harville Memorial Oak Grove: 5.3 mi
- Goodan Ranch: 5.3 mi
- Del Mar Dog Beach: 13.2 mi
- Tabletops: 13.5 mi
- Torrey Pines City Beach: 14.2 mi
- La Jolla Shores Beach: 15.1 mi
- Boomer Beach: 16.4 mi
- Meadowbrook Ecological Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Blue Sky Ecological Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Christopher Hill County Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Goodan Ranch Sycamore Canyon County Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Net Muc: 8.2 mi
- Thumb: 11.1 mi
- Main Area: 11.1 mi
- Lunch Rock: 11.2 mi
- Limbo - Rift: 11.2 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 4.4 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 8.2 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
- Dog Spring: 11.6 mi
- Bottle Peak Spring: 11.8 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.8 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 14.4 mi
- Adobe Falls: 14.4 mi
- Cedar Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 6.1 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- San Pasqual: 7.9 mi
- Coleman City: 24.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cajon Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,112 m | 13.9 mi |
| El Capitan | ESE 112° | 1,026 m | 13.3 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ESE 106° | 996 m | 14.0 mi |
| Silverdome II | ESE 113° | 970 m | 12.5 mi |
| Woodson Mountain | ENE 71° | 878 m | 4.5 mi |
| San Vicente Mountain | E 96° | 861 m | 13.5 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | E 86° | 824 m | 4.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 103° | 818 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
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 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358793707
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