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Tejon Pass Rest Area - Southbound

Tejon Pass Rest Area - Southbound from directly overhead

Tejon Pass Rest Area - Southbound is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,117 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tejon Pass Rest Area - Northbound, a rest area 0.2 miles away. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

Visiting

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Getting there

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Coordinates34.82815, -118.87237
Around it

146 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
Springs: 45
  • Elderberry Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Urcado Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Hog Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Bad Name Spring: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Mess Hall: 3.4 mi
  • Mess Hall: 3.4 mi
  • Barracks #2: 3.4 mi
  • Mess Hall: 3.4 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 3.4 mi
Parks: 14
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spanish Point: 13.3 mi
  • Frenchmans Flat: 16.4 mi
  • The Patio: 20.3 mi
  • Twin Falls Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • The Crossing: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tejon Pass Rest Area - Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosW 266°2,696.5 m15.5 mi
Sawmill MountainW 267°2,685 m16.8 mi
Grouse MountainW 267°2,613 m17.6 mi
Cerro NoroesteW 271°2,525 m18.8 mi
Frazier MountainSW 236°2,442 m6.6 mi
Cummings MountainNE 49°2,362 m22.5 mi
San Emigdio MountainW 280°2,282 m17.7 mi
Alamo MountainSSW 204°2,248 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4319:3620:13
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0016:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454649526069767772625245
Precip in2.53.72.00.80.40.10.10.10.10.60.82.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/102758110

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