Mount Harwood
Mount Harwood rises to 2,907 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the west-northwest, 0.8 miles off. 423 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Harwood is the first summit east of Mount San Antonio. The United States Geological Survey recognized the name to honor California educator and conservationist Aurelia Squire Harwood in 1965. Prior to this, the peak now known as Thunder Mountain was also referred to as Mount Harwood. Mount Harwood is located on the East side of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest near the San Bernardino-Los Angeles county border. In this area of the San Gabriel Mountains the peaks are the highest. Because of the elevation Mount Harwood turns out to be ranked the 4th highest peak in the San Gabriel mountains after Dawson Peak, Mount San Antonio or "Old Baldy" being the highest at 10,064 feet (3,068 m). The only way for hikers or tourists to access Mount Harwood is to take Mt. Baldy Road off I-210. A National Forest Adventure pass/ National Park access pass must be displayed on a vehicle to access Mount Harwood.
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Wikidata Q6921073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,907 m
How to reach it
423 named places within 25 miles
- Mount San Antonio: 0.8 mi
- Dawson Peak: 1.2 mi
- West Baldy: 1.2 mi
- North Thunder: 1.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.0 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 6.1 mi
- In the Pines: 7.2 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Schowalter Rock Pile: 9.5 mi
- Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 5.1 mi
- Vivian Null Park: 5.1 mi
- Joe Elliot Tree Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Heritage Community Park: 9.3 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 8.7 mi
- Conifer Country: 12.6 mi
- Western Junipers: 12.6 mi
- Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 12.6 mi
- Baja California: 12.6 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 3.6 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Sam Maloof House: 8.7 mi
- Casa de Rancho Cucamonga County Museum: 12.3 mi
- Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology: 12.8 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 9.6 mi
- On Point: 12.0 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 12.4 mi
- Intersections II: 12.8 mi
- The Wedge: 13.0 mi
- Columbine Spring: 3.2 mi
- Guffy Spring: 4.1 mi
- Forked Spruce Spring: 5.4 mi
- Fallen Leaf Spring: 6.0 mi
- Dustin Spring: 8.9 mi
- North Etiwanda Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 10.8 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Park: 11.8 mi
- Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station: 12.9 mi
- Rodman Arboretum: 13.2 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Applewhite Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Jackson Lake: 9.0 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 1.0 mi
- Canyon Falls: 5.8 mi
- Bonita Falls: 8.3 mi
- Etiwanda Falls: 9.4 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 10.1 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 6.5 mi
- Route 66: 10.0 mi
- Tongva Village: 12.8 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 15.4 mi
- Sandrocks: 15.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 18.8 mi
- Politana: 23.5 mi
- La Placita: 24.6 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 21.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.7 mi
- shooting gallery: 23.9 mi
- Hamiltair Cove Beach: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Harwood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | WNW 284° | 3,068 m | 0.8 mi |
| West Baldy | W 272° | 3,044 m | 1.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,942 m | 2.0 mi |
| Dawson Peak | N 351° | 2,917 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | WNW 304° | 2,860 m | 9.0 mi |
| Throop Peak | WNW 295° | 2,779 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Burnham | WNW 301° | 2,740 m | 9.8 mi |
| Telegraph Peak | SE 131° | 2,713 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 271508 — Mount Harwood, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801393
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