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San Gabriel Peak

San Gabriel Peak rises to 1,878 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Disappointment, a peak 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.3 miles off.

The story

San Gabriel Peak is a summit in the San Gabriel Mountains in the U.S. state of California. It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894 and is located in the Angeles National Forest. This peak was first named The Commodore for Commodore Perry Switzer.

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Wikidata Q7414208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1878 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.24324, -118.09857

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.7 mi
  • Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 3.8 mi
  • Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 5.5 mi
  • Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 6.1 mi
  • Boone Sculpture Garden: 6.9 mi
Gardens
  • Altadena Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Marcy's Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Bev's Vegetable Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Bev's Native Garden: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 44
Springs: 41
  • Not Much of a Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Silk Tassel Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Doe Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Baughman Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Fiddleneck Spring: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 3.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of San Gabriel Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterman MountainNE 55°2,433 m11.3 mi
Twin PeaksENE 63°2,365 m11.0 mi
Pacifico MountainNNE 21°2,165 m10.3 mi
Granite MountainN 10°1,998 m9.0 mi
Mount GleasonNNW 334°1,990 m10.3 mi
RoundtopNNE 13°1,908 m7.7 mi
Mount HillyerNNE 33°1,881 m8.7 mi
Strawberry PeakNNW 336°1,879 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:4219:3120:08
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5516:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474649525968747570625346
Precip in7.78.35.12.11.00.20.20.00.31.31.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248854 — San Gabriel Peak, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358792066

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