Mount Islip
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Mount Islip rises to 2,518 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Windy Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Islip ( EYE-slip) is a 8,250-foot (2,515 m) peak in the Angeles National Forest in California, United States. On a clear day the sharp, high peak provides impressive views of the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Basin, Santa Catalina Island, and San Clemente Island. The peak is named for George Islip, a homesteader who lived in the surrounding area during the late 19th century. It was once home to a steel fire lookout tower that was built in 1927. A remnant of the lookout site, a rock cabin, remains near the summit to this day. A trailhead for climbing Mount Islip is located at Islip Saddle, along the Angeles Crest Highway, approximately 53 miles (85 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Another trailhead is at the Crystal Lake Recreation Area, north of Azusa.
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Wikidata Q6921443, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,518 m
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hollow Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Vista Day Use Area: 3.0 mi
- Devils Punchbowl County Park: 4.5 mi
- Buckhorn Day Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Juniper Hills Park: 10.7 mi
- Neight Thousand: 1.4 mi
- Middle Hawkins: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hawkins: 2.0 mi
- Mount Williamson: 2.1 mi
- Sadie Hawkins: 2.1 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 5.7 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 6.8 mi
- In the Pines: 8.9 mi
- Llano del Rio: 11.2 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 16.6 mi
- Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Display Garden: 16.8 mi
- Coastal Sage Scrub: 17.2 mi
- Baja California: 17.2 mi
- Blue Fan Palms: 17.2 mi
- William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 16.5 mi
- Eagle: 17.1 mi
- Intersections II: 17.4 mi
- Pomegranate Trees: 17.7 mi
- Millard Sheets Art Center: 18.1 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 11.8 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 12.7 mi
- Glendora Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 15.0 mi
- Duarte Historical Museum: 15.0 mi
- Windy Spring: 0.3 mi
- Little Jimmy Spring: 0.6 mi
- Big Cienega Spring: 0.7 mi
- Cortelyou Spring: 0.8 mi
- Snow Spring: 0.8 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 4.6 mi
- Sandrocks: 5.2 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 6.8 mi
- The "M": 16.3 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 17.3 mi
- Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park: 13.0 mi
- Monrovia Open Space: 13.1 mi
- Monrovia Canyon Park: 14.4 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 14.7 mi
- Claremont Hills Wilderness Park: 15.3 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 2.8 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Lake: 7.2 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 3.7 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 3.7 mi
- Fish Canyon Falls: 12.3 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 12.8 mi
- Wolfskill Falls: 12.8 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 11.2 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 13.1 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Islip. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | ESE 109° | 3,068 m | 11.7 mi |
| West Baldy | ESE 111° | 3,044 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dawson Peak | ESE 104° | 2,917 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Harwood | ESE 109° | 2,907 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | ENE 78° | 2,860 m | 4.4 mi |
| Throop Peak | E 81° | 2,779 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Burnham | ENE 74° | 2,740 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | E 98° | 2,677 m | 2.0 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 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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