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Palomar Mountain, California

Prominence: 2856 ft, 870 m

Elevation: 6140 feet, 1871 meters

True Isolation: 13.5 mi, 21.72 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 6143 ft / 1872 m
Highest Summit	High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	33° 21' 48'' N, 116° 50' 11'' W 33.363361, -116.83635 (Dec Deg) 515225 E 3691582 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	San Diego
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 383 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 358) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2009-06-20 by Joe Nichols 2010-11-17 by Joseph Hirniak 2011-01-01 by Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach 2011-06-04 by David Francis (GPS Track) 2012-04-02 by Bob Bolton 2012-06-17 by Mat Kelliher 2013-12-02 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track) 2014-05-23 by David Comerzan 2014-11-29 by Jim Wick 2015-02-16 by Swingshift Hiker (Unsuccessful) 2015-10-07 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2015-11-18 by Connor McEntee 2015-11-29 by Eric Chu (GPS Track) 2016-01-16 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track) 2017-04-30 by Nichole Sterioti 2017-04-30 by Ginger Partyka (GPS Track) 2017-05-18 by Aaron Matthews (GPS Track) 2017-07-02 by Mike Maki (GPS Track) 2017-11-11 by Roy Randall (GPS Track) 2017-12-02 by Robert Luher (GPS Track) 2019-04-06 by Coby King (GPS Track) 2019-08-11 by Thomas Brennan (GPS Track) 2020-02-21 by Chloë Sells (GPS Track) 2020-08-22 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track) 2020-11-28 by David Sharg (GPS Track) 2020-12-16 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track) 2021-01-10 by Danny Chacon (GPS Track) 2021-02-26 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track) 2021-04-10 by Chris Feifer (GPS Track) 2021-04-10 by Gordon Jenkins (GPS Track)
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Palomar Mountain from Lake Henshaw. Summit tower is vaguely visible on summit in left skyline. (2010-11-07). Photo by Joseph Hirniak.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2856 ft/870 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2856 ft/870 m
  Key Col: Sunshine Summit    3284 ft/1001 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 13.5 mi/21.72 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 33.3942, -116.6058
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Combs Peak  (E)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges
Range4: Peninsular Southern California Ranges
Range5: San Diego Area Ranges

Drainage Basins

Santa Margarita
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Cleveland National Forest

Topo Map

Palomar Observatory O33116c7 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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