Mount Lukens
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
- 1,546.6 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sylias Hoyt Homestead: 1.6 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Tuna Canyon Detention Station: 3.1 mi
- Switzer Camp: 4.9 mi
- Keith Memorial Chair: 4.9 mi
- Deukmejian Wilderness Park: 1.6 mi
- Dunsmore Park: 2.3 mi
- Two Strike Park: 2.5 mi
- New York Park: 2.6 mi
- Crescenta Commons: 2.7 mi
- Bolton Hall: 3.0 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 6.1 mi
- Grand Central Airport Terminal: 7.8 mi
- Martial Arts History Museum: 8.6 mi
- Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn: 8.6 mi
- Hoyt Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Condor Point: 3.6 mi
- Fox Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Condor Peak: 4.0 mi
- Robert Katz Peak: 4.4 mi
- The Redoubt: 0.9 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 3.1 mi
- Elephant Bush: 4.0 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 4.2 mi
- Tree of Life: 5.4 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Children's Maze: 4.9 mi
- Oak Woodland: 4.9 mi
- Wedding Gate: 4.9 mi
- Descanso Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 4.9 mi
- Burbank Christmas Tree: 6.1 mi
- Letter "H": 6.3 mi
- Egasse Braasch House -- The Good Will Hunting House: 8.7 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 8.8 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Wildwood Picnic: 1.7 mi
- Paul Little: 4.0 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- 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
- Deukmejian Wilderness Park: 1.3 mi
- La Cañada Irrigation District Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 3.1 mi
- Winery Canyon Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Haines Canyon Park: 3.3 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 3.7 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 3.9 mi
- Royal Falls: 4.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 5.0 mi
- Palisades Beach: 23.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 23.5 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 24.0 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 24.3 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 4.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.5 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.8 mi
- Mentryville: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Mount Lukens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Mountain | NE 54° | 1,998 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNE 25° | 1,990 m | 8.2 mi |
| Roundtop | ENE 59° | 1,908 m | 11.3 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | E 82° | 1,879 m | 6.8 mi |
| San Gabriel Peak | ESE 102° | 1,878 m | 8.2 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NNE 17° | 1,833 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Disappointment | ESE 102° | 1,819 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Lawlor | E 89° | 1,807 m | 7.7 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 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/343070739
Day trips start here
- Glendale · 6 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 6 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 8 mi
- Burbank · 8 mi
- North Hollywood · 10 mi
- Pasadena · 10 mi
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