Mescal Picnic Area
Mescal Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,855 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the south-southeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Lake, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Angeles National Forest
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Inspiration Point: 1.4 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Baden-Powell: 3.3 mi
- Mount Burnham: 4.1 mi
- Ross Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 5.3 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 5.3 mi
- Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- Piñon Hills Park: 5.4 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 16.9 mi
- Western Junipers: 18.9 mi
- Baja California: 18.9 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 18.9 mi
- Blue Fan Palms: 18.9 mi
- In the Pines: 1.9 mi
- David Burrows: 1.9 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 2.1 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 6.7 mi
- Lamel Spring: 2.6 mi
- Icy Springs: 3.0 mi
- Guffy Spring: 5.0 mi
- Columbine Spring: 5.6 mi
- Lily Spring: 6.0 mi
- Jackson Lake: 0.4 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 9.9 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 5.4 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 11.1 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 16.9 mi
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: 18.5 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 19.2 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 16.8 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 17.4 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 17.8 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 16.7 mi
- A: 19.0 mi
- Intersections II: 19.0 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 19.3 mi
- Scripps Graffiti Wall: 19.7 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 4.0 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 10.6 mi
- Canyon Falls: 14.2 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 14.9 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 7.6 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 7.9 mi
- Sandrocks: 8.0 mi
- Route 66: 16.3 mi
- Tongva Village: 19.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 20.9 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Mescal Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | SSE 149° | 3,068 m | 8.2 mi |
| West Baldy | SSE 152° | 3,044 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 141° | 2,942 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dawson Peak | SE 141° | 2,917 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Harwood | SE 145° | 2,907 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | SW 229° | 2,860 m | 3.3 mi |
| Throop Peak | WSW 238° | 2,779 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Burnham | WSW 238° | 2,740 m | 4.1 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7161337650
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