San Gabriel Peak
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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. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 1,878 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 1.3 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 2.4 mi
- Resevoir: 2.5 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 2.5 mi
- Mount Lowe Railway Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 2.6 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 5.3 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 5.8 mi
- Richardson House: 5.8 mi
- USC Pacific Asia Museum: 7.1 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 3.6 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 3.6 mi
- Robert M McCurdy Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- Charles White Park: 4.9 mi
- Bailey Canyon Park: 5.4 mi
- Mount Disappointment: 0.4 mi
- Mount Markham: 0.4 mi
- Mount Lowe: 0.9 mi
- Mount Deception: 1.0 mi
- Occidental Peak: 1.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- Unincorporated Mural: 4.7 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 7.1 mi
- Student Gallery: 7.1 mi
- Five Minimalist Poems: 7.9 mi
- Pan: 8.0 mi
- LA County Fire Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Rubio Canyon: 3.1 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 3.2 mi
- Casa Del Caballero: 3.4 mi
- Henninger Flats: 3.7 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Paul Little: 4.7 mi
- Hidden Springs: 5.4 mi
- Charlton Flats Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- 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
- Leontine Falls: 2.5 mi
- Thalehaha Falls: 2.6 mi
- Roaring Rift Falls: 2.6 mi
- Suspended Boulder Falls: 2.6 mi
- Grand Chasm Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 3.4 mi
- Spa Palace: 16.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Gabriel Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | NE 55° | 2,433 m | 11.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 63° | 2,365 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,165 m | 10.3 mi |
| Granite Mountain | N 10° | 1,998 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNW 334° | 1,990 m | 10.3 mi |
| Roundtop | NNE 13° | 1,908 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Hillyer | NNE 33° | 1,881 m | 8.7 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | NNW 336° | 1,879 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Wilson CBS, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248854 — San Gabriel Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358792066
Day trips start here
- La Cañada Flintridge · 6 mi
- Pasadena · 6 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 7 mi
- Arcadia · 8 mi
- San Marino · 8 mi
- Glendale · 9 mi
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