Josephine Peak
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. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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.
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Wikidata Q49040240, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,694 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Glenola Park: 5.3 mi
- Two Strike Park: 5.9 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 6.0 mi
- Crescenta Commons: 6.0 mi
- Olberz Park: 6.1 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 6.1 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 6.9 mi
- Bolton Hall: 8.0 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 9.0 mi
- The Gamble House: 9.3 mi
- Hoyt Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Strawberry Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Lawlor: 3.0 mi
- Wella's Peak: 3.1 mi
- Fox Mountain: 3.3 mi
- The Redoubt: 5.3 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 6.1 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 6.5 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 7.1 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 8.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 3.5 mi
- La Cañada Irrigation District Open Space: 4.8 mi
- Gould Canyon / Lukens Connection: 4.9 mi
- Millard Canyon Open Space: 5.0 mi
- Winery Canyon Open Space: 5.1 mi
- 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
- Switzer Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Hidden Springs: 2.3 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Paul Little: 3.7 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 1.9 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 2.0 mi
- Royal Falls: 2.7 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 3.7 mi
- Millard Falls: 4.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 1.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 22.3 mi
- Spa Palace: 17.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Josephine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifico Mountain | NE 46° | 2,165 m | 9.5 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NE 39° | 1,998 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNW 348° | 1,990 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bare Mountain | NE 50° | 1,937 m | 12.1 mi |
| Roundtop | NE 46° | 1,908 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | ENE 61° | 1,881 m | 9.0 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | E 94° | 1,879 m | 1.9 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | SE 133° | 1,878 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801529
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 6 mi
- Glendale · 9 mi
- Pasadena · 9 mi
- Burbank · 12 mi
- San Marino · 12 mi
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