Vasquez Rocks
Vasquez Rocks rises to 797 m in California. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Famous Rock, a peak 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Natural Area Park in California, United States.
Wikidata Q3554948, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 797 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 10.4 mi
- B-52: 15.3 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 15.3 mi
- U-2: 15.5 mi
- A-12: 15.5 mi
- Famous Rock: 0.1 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Three Sisters Rock: 2.7 mi
- Table Rock: 4.8 mi
- Parker Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Park: 0.3 mi
- Cypress Park: 4.2 mi
- Stonecrest Park: 4.6 mi
- Begonias Lane Park: 5.5 mi
- Canyon Country Little League: 5.9 mi
- Communitree: 9.2 mi
- Dos Picos: 12.9 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 13.1 mi
- Construction UCLA: 13.4 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 14.4 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 6.9 mi
- American Graphite Mine: 11.5 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 11.5 mi
- Car wreck: 11.9 mi
- Dry Canyon Reservoir water outlet structure: 11.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 11.0 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 11.3 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 12.3 mi
- Meditation Garden: 12.5 mi
- Whisky Spring: 4.4 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 5.4 mi
- Bear Spring: 5.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 6.0 mi
- Big Oak Spring: 6.3 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 7.7 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 13.9 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 14.1 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 14.2 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 0.3 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 11.3 mi
- Pardee House: 14.1 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 14.1 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 14.1 mi
- Santa Clarita City Open Space: 6.6 mi
- Angeles National Forest: 6.7 mi
- Texas Canyon Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Stevenson Family Open Space: 8.8 mi
- East Walker Ranch Open Space: 10.0 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 11.9 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 12.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 18.3 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 18.4 mi
- Royal Falls: 18.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.7 mi
- Mentryville: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vasquez Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifico Mountain | ESE 114° | 2,165 m | 17.6 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,998 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Gleason | SE 133° | 1,990 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,937 m | 19.5 mi |
| Roundtop | ESE 123° | 1,908 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | ESE 119° | 1,881 m | 19.6 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | SE 141° | 1,879 m | 17.9 mi |
| Messenger Peak | SE 137° | 1,833 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808851
Day trips start here
- Santa Clarita · 12 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 13 mi
- Palmdale · 14 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 15 mi
- Valencia · 16 mi
- Castaic · 17 mi
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