Mount Baden-Powell
Mount Baden-Powell rises to 2,860 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lamel Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mount Baden-Powell () is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named for the founder of the World Scouting Movement, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. It was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1931. It was originally known as East Twin or North Baldy.
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Wikidata Q6136577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2860 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Burnham: 1.0 mi
- Throop Peak: 2.0 mi
- Ross Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Lewis: 2.5 mi
- Mount Hawkins: 2.6 mi
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 5.9 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 7.4 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 7.4 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 16.0 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 16.8 mi
- Baja California: 16.9 mi
- Western Junipers: 16.9 mi
- Blue Fan Palms: 16.9 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 1.3 mi
- In the Pines: 4.5 mi
- David Burrows: 4.5 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 4.7 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Lamel Spring: 0.8 mi
- Icy Springs: 1.6 mi
- Lily Spring: 2.7 mi
- White Fir Spring: 3.3 mi
- Little Jimmy Spring: 3.8 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Jackson Lake: 3.1 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 11.9 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 14.5 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 15.8 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 16.5 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 10.3 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 16.1 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 16.1 mi
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: 16.3 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 2.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 7.9 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 9.5 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Canyon Falls: 13.7 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 15.3 mi
- A: 15.8 mi
- Intersections II: 17.1 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 17.3 mi
- Millard Sheets Art Center: 17.8 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 5.3 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 6.4 mi
- Sandrocks: 6.7 mi
- Tongva Village: 17.2 mi
- Route 66: 18.0 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 24.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.8 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Baden-Powell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | SE 125° | 3,068 m | 8.3 mi |
| West Baldy | SE 128° | 3,044 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 114° | 2,942 m | 7.5 mi |
| Dawson Peak | ESE 117° | 2,917 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Harwood | ESE 123° | 2,907 m | 9.0 mi |
| Throop Peak | WSW 254° | 2,779 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Burnham | W 273° | 2,740 m | 1.0 mi |
| Telegraph Peak | SE 125° | 2,713 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255344 — Mount Baden-Powell, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796353
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