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Mount Lukens

Mount Lukens, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Lukens rises to 1,547 m in California. Granite Mountain stands 1,998 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Redoubt, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 10.0 miles off.

The story

Mount Lukens is a mountain peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California. It is the highest point in the city of Los Angeles.

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Wikidata Q6921917, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1546.6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.26900, -118.23900

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Howard Finn Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Children's Maze: 4.9 mi
  • Oak Woodland: 4.9 mi
  • Wedding Gate: 4.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 47
Springs: 42
  • Goldenrod Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Yerba Buena Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Not Much of a Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Cliffs: 4
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 4
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Mount Lukens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite MountainNE 54°1,998 m11.9 mi
Mount GleasonNNE 25°1,990 m8.2 mi
RoundtopENE 59°1,908 m11.3 mi
Strawberry PeakE 82°1,879 m6.8 mi
San Gabriel PeakESE 102°1,878 m8.2 mi
Messenger PeakNNE 17°1,833 m8.1 mi
Mount DisappointmentESE 102°1,819 m7.8 mi
Mount LawlorE 89°1,807 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4219:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5616:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565659626569747674686055
Precip in3.74.52.80.90.40.10.00.00.10.70.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Valley Pump PLT, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/343070739

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