Charlton Flats Picnic Area
Charlton Flats Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,637 m. Mount Williamson stands 2,504 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Vetter Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Angeles National Forest
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vetter Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Mooney: 0.9 mi
- Mount Sally: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hillyer: 3.7 mi
- West Twin: 4.7 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 5.5 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 8.9 mi
- Richardson House: 8.9 mi
- Monrovia Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 11.3 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
- Oak Park: 8.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Trail Park: 8.9 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 9.0 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 7.2 mi
- Deer Park Lodge: 7.5 mi
- Cabin ruins: 8.1 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 8.3 mi
- Resevoir: 8.4 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 7.5 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 7.9 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 8.0 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 8.2 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 8.3 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 8.9 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 9.2 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 9.3 mi
- The "M": 9.4 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 9.5 mi
- Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 9.6 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 10.5 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Wedding Garden: 10.6 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 10.7 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 11.8 mi
- A: 11.9 mi
- Pan: 12.8 mi
- Hymenaios: 12.8 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Hidden Springs: 7.1 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 8.2 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 8.3 mi
- Doe Spring: 0.9 mi
- Winston Spring: 5.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.2 mi
- Fiddleneck Spring: 5.7 mi
- Fountainhead Spring: 6.0 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 5.8 mi
- Hermit Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 7.9 mi
- Leontine Falls: 8.2 mi
- Thalehaha Falls: 8.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 8.4 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 18.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Charlton Flats Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | ENE 59° | 2,504 m | 10.4 mi |
| Waterman Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,433 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pleasant View Ridge | NE 42° | 2,433 m | 8.9 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | NE 46° | 2,387 m | 8.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 74° | 2,365 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | NE 49° | 2,359 m | 9.6 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | NE 55° | 2,304 m | 9.1 mi |
| Winston Peak | NE 46° | 2,277 m | 6.3 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/740400795
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 7 mi
- Monrovia · 10 mi
- Arcadia · 11 mi
- Pasadena · 11 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 12 mi
- San Marino · 13 mi
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