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Eagles Roost Day Use Area

Eagles Roost Day Use Area from directly overhead

Eagles Roost Day Use Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,037 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Crest Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Angeles National Forest

How to reach it

Coordinates34.35415, -117.87776

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Goodykoontz peak: 1.1 mi
  • Kratka Ridge: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Williamson: 1.6 mi
  • Pallett Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Akawie Peak: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 60
Artworks
  • A: 13.8 mi
  • Eagle: 17.1 mi
  • William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 18.3 mi
  • Five Minimalist Poems: 19.0 mi
  • Intersections II: 19.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves: 56
Museums: 51
Springs: 39
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Snow Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Reed Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Buckhorn Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Cortelyou Spring: 1.9 mi
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Eagles Roost Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Baden-PowellE 87°2,860 m6.5 mi
Throop PeakE 93°2,779 m4.5 mi
Mount BurnhamE 86°2,740 m5.5 mi
Mount HawkinsESE 102°2,677 m4.2 mi
Middle HawkinsESE 110°2,593 m3.9 mi
Mount LewisENE 73°2,546 m4.3 mi
Mount IslipESE 106°2,518 m2.2 mi
Mount WilliamsonNE 44°2,504 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:4019:3120:08
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5516:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495156606877838377675547
Precip in1.21.61.00.30.30.00.10.10.20.30.41.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/792012451

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