Arch Picnic Area
Arch Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,060 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the south-southeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is In the Pines, a historic site 0.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Angeles National Forest
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 1.0 mi
- East Table Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Mount Baden-Powell: 4.3 mi
- Wright Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 3.7 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 3.7 mi
- Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Piñon Hills Park: 4.9 mi
- Phelan Community Park: 7.6 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 15.8 mi
- Western Junipers: 18.2 mi
- Baja California: 18.2 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 18.2 mi
- Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 18.2 mi
- In the Pines: 0.3 mi
- David Burrows: 0.3 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 2.9 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 6.5 mi
- Guffy Spring: 3.4 mi
- Lamel Spring: 3.6 mi
- Columbine Spring: 4.3 mi
- Icy Springs: 4.4 mi
- Lily Spring: 7.0 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Lake: 2.0 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 11.2 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 10.1 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 15.8 mi
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: 17.9 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 19.2 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 15.9 mi
- Intersections II: 18.4 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 18.7 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 19.0 mi
- Scripps Graffiti Wall: 19.0 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 16.2 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 17.1 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 17.2 mi
- North Etiwanda Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 5.4 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 8.3 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 11.9 mi
- Canyon Falls: 13.0 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 14.5 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 7.3 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 9.4 mi
- Sandrocks: 9.6 mi
- Route 66: 14.7 mi
- Tongva Village: 18.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 20.0 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 11.5 mi
- Lane's Crossing: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Arch Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | SSE 156° | 3,068 m | 6.9 mi |
| West Baldy | SSE 160° | 3,044 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 148° | 2,942 m | 5.4 mi |
| Dawson Peak | SSE 148° | 2,917 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Harwood | SSE 151° | 2,907 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | WSW 249° | 2,860 m | 4.3 mi |
| Throop Peak | WSW 251° | 2,779 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Burnham | WSW 253° | 2,740 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7161303311
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