Switzer Picnic Area
Switzer Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,002 m. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Switzer Camp, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 8.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Angeles National Forest
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Switzer Camp: 0.8 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 3.4 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 3.8 mi
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 4.0 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 4.0 mi
- Josephine Peak: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Peak: 1.8 mi
- Hoyt Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Deception: 2.1 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 3.0 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 3.6 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 3.8 mi
- Millard Canyon Open Space: 3.8 mi
- Andrea Wilson Triangle: 4.1 mi
- Glenola Park: 4.5 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 4.6 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 4.9 mi
- Olberz Park: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 4.9 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 4.9 mi
- Food Garden: 4.9 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 4.9 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 4.8 mi
- The Redoubt: 5.4 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 6.2 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 6.5 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 7.1 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 5.0 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 5.7 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 7.7 mi
- The Gamble House: 8.0 mi
- Pasadena Museum of History: 8.1 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 5.4 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 5.4 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 5.9 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 8.3 mi
- Old Pasadena Historic District: 8.4 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 3.4 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 3.5 mi
- Baughman Spring: 6.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 7.9 mi
- Doe Spring: 8.6 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Paul Little: 2.9 mi
- Hidden Springs: 3.4 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 5.8 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 0.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 0.8 mi
- Royal Falls: 1.6 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 2.9 mi
- Millard Falls: 3.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 0.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 23.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 16.1 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Switzer Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifico Mountain | NE 38° | 2,165 m | 10.2 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,998 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNW 346° | 1,990 m | 7.9 mi |
| Roundtop | NE 36° | 1,908 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | NE 52° | 1,881 m | 9.3 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NE 49° | 1,879 m | 1.8 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | ESE 121° | 1,878 m | 3.1 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NNW 339° | 1,833 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:09 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6789472449
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 5 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 5 mi
- Pasadena · 7 mi
- Glendale · 8 mi
- San Marino · 10 mi
- Arcadia · 11 mi
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