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Cahuenga Pass
- Tonight
- 54°FFair · Wind 5 mph NNW
Cahuenga Pass is a mountain pass at 228 m in California, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 228 m
- Lowest point
- 112 m / 160 m
Cahuenga Pass 3D map
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Cahuenga Pass topographic map
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Cahuenga Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cahuenga Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Cahuenga Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: US 101 Hollywood Freeway, Mulholland Drive, Cahuenga Boulevard East
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Cahuenga Pass weather
Tonight · Fair · 54°F (12°C) · 7% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NNW
Cahuenga Pass forecast for about 243 m.
- Tonight54°7%5 mph NNW
- Sat55°76°1%5 mph NNW
- Sun57°79°–0–5 mph NW
- Mon57°81°–0–5 mph W
- Tue57°79°–0–5 mph SE
- Wed57°78°–0–5 mph E
- Thu57°74°15%0–5 mph SSE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cahuenga Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cahuenga Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.9 km S
Nearest trailhead
Innsdale Trail
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km S |
| Parking | 1.1 km WSW |
| Lot AParking | 1.3 km SSE |
| Innsdale TrailTrailhead | 1.6 km ENE |
| Trailhead | 2.0 km SW |
| Innsdale TrailheadTrailhead | 2.0 km ENE |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 63% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 13.8% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 487 m low point 67 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4 km of Cahuenga Pass.
Summit list 8
- 1Burbank Peak515 m 1.6 km NE
- 2Cahuenga Peak553 m 2.1 km NE
- 3Mount Lee521 m 2.3 km ENE
- 4Briar Summit454 m 2.3 km W
- 5Mount Chapel492 m 3.5 km ENE
- 6Mount Baby Bell447 m 3.8 km ENE
- 7Mount Hollywood492 m 3.9 km E
- 8Mount Bell482 m 4.0 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 1,522 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Red-tailed Hawk999
- Western Fence Lizard881
- Acorn Woodpecker792
- California Scrub-Jay674
- California Towhee637
- Eastern Fox Squirrel635
Where Cahuenga Pass sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Hollywood ReservoirLake↑1.2 km ESE
Laurel Canyon↑3.1 km WSW
Silver Lake Reservoir↑7.7 km ESE
Echo Park Lake↑9.4 km SE
Sepulveda Pass344 m↑12 km W
More in the Transverse Ranges 6
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia