Vetter Mountain
Vetter Mountain rises to 1,783 m in California. Mount Williamson stands 2,504 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlton Flats Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Vetter Mountain is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and within the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Elevation 5,911 feet (1,802 m) feet. Named by USFS surveyor Don McLain (c. 1933) for Victor P. Vetter (nd.), a dedicated forest ranger and fire dispatcher. Vetter won the USFS Bissell Medal for outstanding work in forest conservation (1930). The Silver Moccasin Trail crosses the mountain on its eastern slopes.
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Wikidata Q7923811, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,783 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Mooney: 1.4 mi
- Mount Sally: 1.9 mi
- Mount Hillyer: 3.7 mi
- Roundtop: 4.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 5.3 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 8.9 mi
- Richardson House: 8.9 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 10.8 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 6.7 mi
- Switzer Camp: 7.7 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 7.8 mi
- Resevoir: 7.9 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 7.9 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 8.9 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 8.9 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 8.9 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 8.9 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 8.9 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 8.9 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 9.5 mi
- The "M": 9.6 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 9.5 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 10.4 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 10.4 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 10.4 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 10.1 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 11.7 mi
- The Redoubt: 12.4 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 12.6 mi
- Student Gallery: 12.6 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Henninger Flats: 8.2 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 8.4 mi
- Kinneloa Irrigation District Open Space: 8.4 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 8.4 mi
- Doe Spring: 1.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.4 mi
- Fiddleneck Spring: 5.5 mi
- Winston Spring: 5.6 mi
- Fountainhead Spring: 5.8 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Springs: 6.3 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 8.4 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 5.9 mi
- Hermit Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 7.7 mi
- Leontine Falls: 7.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 7.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 18.5 mi
- Spa Palace: 21.6 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vetter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | ENE 62° | 2,504 m | 11.0 mi |
| Waterman Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,433 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pleasant View Ridge | NE 47° | 2,433 m | 9.4 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | NE 50° | 2,387 m | 9.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 77° | 2,365 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | NE 53° | 2,359 m | 10.2 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | ENE 59° | 2,304 m | 9.7 mi |
| Winston Peak | NE 51° | 2,277 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 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 | 16:47 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 251014 — Vetter Mountain, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/346850142
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 6 mi
- Arcadia · 11 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 11 mi
- Monrovia · 11 mi
- Pasadena · 11 mi
- San Marino · 13 mi
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