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Cajon Pass
- Tonight
- 48°FFair · Wind 0–10 mph NW
Cajon Pass is a mountain pass at 1,152 m in California, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 1,152 m
- Lowest point
- 1,062 m / 986 m
Cajon Pass 3D map
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Cajon Pass topographic map
50 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.
Cajon Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cajon Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Cajon Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: CA 138 Rim of the World Scenic Byway
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Cajon Pass weather
Tonight · Fair · 48°F (9°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–10 mph NW
Cajon Pass forecast for about 1,177 m.
- Tonight48°8%0–10 mph NW
- Sat49°64°1%10–15 mph N
- Sun51°67°–0–5 mph N
- Mon51°68°–0–5 mph W
- Tue51°68°–5–10 mph S
- Wed50°67°2%5 mph SW
- Thu50°63°6%5–10 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 20:37 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cajon Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cajon Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Summit OHV Trailhead
Nearest campsite
1.1 km SSW
Nearest caravan site
4.4 km N
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Summit OHV TrailheadParking | 0.6 km SSW |
| Campsite | 1.1 km SSW |
| Brake Check AreaParking | 3.1 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.3 km WSW |
| Caravan site | 4.4 km N |
| Campsite | 5.3 km SW |
| Campsite | 6.7 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 8.1% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 764 m low point 862 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 283 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Western Fence Lizard27
- Beavertail Pricklypear26
- Chaparral yucca21
- Common Side-blotched Lizard19
- Bush Poppy19
- Desert Mariposa Lily18
Where Cajon Pass sits
Nearby places
Silverwood Lake↑10 km ESE
Lake Gregory↑17 km ESE
Mount San AntonioPeak · 3,069 m↑21 km WSW
Big Bear Lake↑42 km ESE
Lake Mathews424 m↑54 km S
More in the San Bernardino Mountains 1
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-05)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia