Ridge Crest Picnic Ground
Ridge Crest Picnic Ground is a picnic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,085 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the east, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Vista Day Use Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2085 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vista Day Use Area: 0.4 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 1.9 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 4.5 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 8.7 mi
- Kratka Ridge: 0.8 mi
- Goodykoontz peak: 1.2 mi
- Akawie Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mount Williamson: 2.1 mi
- Pallett Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 12.3 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 13.5 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 14.0 mi
- Arcadia Wilderness Park: 14.3 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 14.9 mi
- A: 13.7 mi
- Eagle: 16.9 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 18.6 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 18.7 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 18.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 16.1 mi
- Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 16.6 mi
- Vinny's Mini-World: 16.6 mi
- Australian Discovery Area: 17.1 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 9.5 mi
- Llano del Rio: 11.1 mi
- In the Pines: 11.4 mi
- David Burrows: 11.5 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 13.2 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 14.8 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 15.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 0.5 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 1.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 2.1 mi
- Snow Spring: 2.3 mi
- Reed Spring: 2.5 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 4.4 mi
- Sandrocks: 4.9 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 9.4 mi
- The "M": 15.3 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 15.9 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 0.6 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Jackson Lake: 9.6 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 1.0 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 5.9 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 12.1 mi
- Sturtevant Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hermit Falls: 13.4 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 11.1 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Ridge Crest Picnic Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | E 87° | 2,860 m | 7.1 mi |
| Throop Peak | E 92° | 2,779 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Burnham | E 86° | 2,740 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | E 100° | 2,677 m | 4.8 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | ESE 107° | 2,593 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Lewis | ENE 74° | 2,546 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Islip | ESE 102° | 2,518 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Williamson | NE 54° | 2,504 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358791129
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 14 mi
- Monrovia · 16 mi
- Arcadia · 17 mi
- Covina · 18 mi
- San Dimas · 18 mi
- San Gabriel Valley · 18 mi
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