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Josephine Peak

Josephine Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Josephine Peak rises to 1,694 m in California. Pacifico Mountain stands 2,165 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Switzer Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.7 miles off.

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Josephine Peak is a 5,561-foot-elevation (1,695-meter) mountain summit located in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49040240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1694 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.28563, -118.15394

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Switzer Camp: 1.9 mi
  • Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 3.5 mi
  • Ye Alpine Tavern: 4.8 mi
  • Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 5.3 mi
  • Echo Mountain House: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Altadena Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Food Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 6.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Enchanted Railroad: 6.7 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 6.9 mi
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 6.9 mi
  • Letter "H": 9.4 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 44
Springs: 44
  • Not Much of a Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Deer Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Yerba Buena Spring: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 1.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Josephine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pacifico MountainNE 46°2,165 m9.5 mi
Granite MountainNE 39°1,998 m7.6 mi
Mount GleasonNNW 348°1,990 m6.4 mi
Bare MountainNE 50°1,937 m12.1 mi
RoundtopNE 46°1,908 m6.7 mi
Mount HillyerENE 61°1,881 m9.0 mi
Strawberry PeakE 94°1,879 m1.9 mi
San Gabriel PeakSE 133°1,878 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3120:09
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:0916:47

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358801529

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