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Leontine Falls

Leontine Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Leontine Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 757 m. Granite Mountain stands 1,998 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Thalehaha Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 4.8 miles off.

What the record says

Height
40 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.20935, -118.11459

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.3 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 1.3 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 4.2 mi
  • Boone Sculpture Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 4.7 mi
Gardens
  • Altadena Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Unincorporated Mural: 2.7 mi
  • Williamson Gallery: 4.9 mi
  • Student Gallery: 4.9 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 5.6 mi
  • Lion Dogs: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Springs: 40
  • Not Much of a Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Doe Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Deer Spring: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 13.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Leontine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite MountainNNE 12°1,998 m11.5 mi
RoundtopNNE 15°1,908 m10.2 mi
Mount HillyerNNE 30°1,881 m11.2 mi
Strawberry PeakN 356°1,879 m5.1 mi
San Gabriel PeakNNE 21°1,878 m2.5 mi
Mount DisappointmentNNE 12°1,819 m2.6 mi
Mount LawlorN 8°1,807 m4.3 mi
Vetter MountainNE 39°1,783 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs19.230.825.413.16.63.31.71.00.91.23.38.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Arroyo Seco NR Pasadena CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/619625073

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