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Applewhite Picnic Area

Applewhite Picnic Area from directly overhead

Applewhite Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,026 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Lake Day Use Area, a park 1.9 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
US Forest Service

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Getting there

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Coordinates34.26039, -117.49702
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lost Lake Day Use Area: 1.9 mi
  • Joe Elliot Tree Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Kimbark Park: 5.2 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 5.5 mi
  • Rosena Place Park: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Ralston Peak: 2.9 mi
  • San Sevaine: 3.0 mi
  • Ruddell Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Buck Point: 4.0 mi
  • Cajon Mountain Lookout: 4.2 mi
Artworks
  • Ronald Reagan Mural on Berlin wall: 8.7 mi
  • On Point: 10.4 mi
  • CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 11.3 mi
  • COE Iron Sculpture: 11.3 mi
  • Nutcracker: 11.4 mi
Gardens
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 9.6 mi
  • Guasti Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Conifer Country: 15.9 mi
  • Bay Laurels: 15.9 mi
  • Western Junipers: 15.9 mi
Museums: 51
Attractions: 48
Springs: 45
  • Dustin Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Convict Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Sugarpine Spring: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Cleghorn Day Use: 8.8 mi
  • Chamise: 9.7 mi
  • Shelter B: 9.8 mi
  • Shelter B: 9.8 mi
  • Serrano Beach: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Waterfalls: 10
  • Bonita Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 7.7 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Hamiltair Cove Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Burnt Mill Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Village Beach: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • shooting gallery: 16.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 21.4 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 21.5 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 21.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
  • High Desert Truck Stop: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Applewhite Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioWNW 283°3,068 m8.8 mi
West BaldyWNW 282°3,044 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainWNW 294°2,942 m9.2 mi
Dawson PeakWNW 290°2,917 m8.5 mi
Mount HarwoodWNW 283°2,907 m8.0 mi
Telegraph PeakW 271°2,713 m5.8 mi
Cucamonga PeakWSW 243°2,695 m5.7 mi
Etiwanda PeakWSW 243°2,640 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2920:06
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5316:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373642465461686761514236
Precip in4.44.91.90.80.80.11.10.30.41.21.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9839344530

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