Mountain · California

Double Peak

502 m1,646 ft

Prominence: 148 m487 ft
Isolation: 1.9 km
Tonight: 10°CLight rain showers · Wind 12 km/h W

Double Peak is a 502 m (1,646 ft) mountain in California, Mexico.

All facts

Elevation: 502 m · 1,646 ft
Nearest higher peak: Palomar Mountain (1,872 m)
Region: California, Mexico
Coordinates: 33.1093° N, 117.1774° W

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3D map

Double Peak 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Double Peak terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Double Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Double Peak weather

Today · Light rain showers · 10 / 17°C (50 / 63°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 12 km/h W

Double Peak forecast for the summit, about 502 m.

Today10°17°1.4 mm12 km/h W
Sat10°20°–15 km/h W
Sun10°22°–19 km/h W
Mon9°21°–10 km/h W
Tue9°20°–7 km/h W
Wed14°20°–6 km/h W
Thu15°20°3.3 mm8 km/h SW
Fri14°17°38.8 mm14 km/h SE
Sat13°18°10.8 mm10 km/h SW
Sun12°17°14.5 mm5 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Double Peak

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Double Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.0 km WSW
+2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest trailhead
Ridgeline Trailhead
1.0 km E · +2 more within 5.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
2.5 km NW
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.0 km WSW
Parking	0.0 km ESE
Double Peak Trailhead ParkingParking	0.5 km WNW
Ridgeline TrailheadTrailhead	1.0 km E
Caravan site	2.5 km NW
Carrillo Ranch East - Melrose Drive SouthTrailhead	5.5 km WNW
Carrillo Ranch East - Melrose Drive NorthTrailhead	5.7 km WNW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 67% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

67.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.9%

Steep, 30–45°

1.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 398 m low point 129 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 39.5%Built-up 26.0%Shrubland 22.9%Grassland 7.9%Bare rock / sparse 2.8%Water 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Double Peak summit.

Summit list 3

1Cerro de las Posas409 m 1.4 km W
2Franks Peak512 m 1.9 km ESE
3Mount Whitney527 m 2.1 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,060 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

California Buckwheat899
Red bush monkeyflower542
Toyon475
Laurel sumac439
Black sage395
Deerweed389

Where it sits

Where Double Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Palomar MountainPeak · 1,872 m43 km NE

Downloads

Double Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGDouble Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-26.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 496 m at the summit; the official height is 502 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	502 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	496 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	491 m	-11 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-26)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, 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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Double Peak

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Nearest caravan site

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