Strawberry Peak
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Strawberry Peak rises to 1,879 m in California. Waterman Mountain stands 2,433 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Lawlor, a peak 1.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Strawberry Peak (6,164 ft or 1,879 m) is a prominent peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Pasadena, and 28 miles (45 km) from Los Angeles, along the Angeles Crest Highway. Strawberry Peak is the tallest of the front range peaks, being three feet higher than nearby San Gabriel Peak. Both can be widely seen from greater Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, and are popular with hikers. Other prominent nearby peaks include Josephine Peak and Mount Wilson. Strawberry Peak was named by mountaineers over a century ago, who felt the peak resembled an enormous upside-down strawberry. The peak can be ascended on the east side as a 7.2-mile round-trip trail walk using Strawberry Peak Trail, which begins near the Red Box Picnic Area, or from the west as a class 3 scramble from a trailhead near the entrance to the Switzer Picnic Site. The area was closed to the public as a result of the Station Fire. However, the last closure order expired on May 24, 2014. Remaining fire damage in the area is minimal. It is especially common to see Rattlesnakes in the area.
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Wikidata Q7622468, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1879 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Lawlor: 1.3 mi
- Josephine Peak: 1.9 mi
- Mount Deception: 2.4 mi
- Mount Disappointment: 2.7 mi
- San Gabriel Peak: 3.0 mi
- Switzer Camp: 2.6 mi
- Ye Alpine Tavern: 4.0 mi
- Mt Lowe Observatory Ruins: 4.8 mi
- Resevoir: 5.0 mi
- Echo Mountain House: 5.0 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 4.8 mi
- Millard Canyon Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Upper Arroyo Seco: 5.4 mi
- The Cobb Estate: 5.4 mi
- Andrea Wilson Triangle: 5.5 mi
- Mount Wilson Observatory Museum: 5.3 mi
- JPL Building 186 (Theodore von Kármán Museum and Auditorium): 6.6 mi
- Lizzies Trail Inn: 8.9 mi
- Richardson House: 8.9 mi
- Kidspace Children's Museum: 9.2 mi
- Charles S. Farnsworth Park: 5.8 mi
- Mount Lowe Park: 6.0 mi
- Glenola Park: 6.4 mi
- Charles White Park: 6.8 mi
- Olberz Park: 7.0 mi
- Altadena Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Marcy's Vegetable Garden: 6.5 mi
- Marcy's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Food Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bev's Vegetable Garden: 6.5 mi
- Unincorporated Mural: 6.3 mi
- The Redoubt: 7.1 mi
- Our Community in the Foothills: 8.0 mi
- The Birds and Trees of Komitas: 8.3 mi
- Williamson Gallery: 8.8 mi
- Walsh Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 6.4 mi
- Dilan's Home (Beverly Hills 90210): 6.4 mi
- Enchanted Railroad: 7.7 mi
- Wisteria Vine, Worlds Largest Blossoming Plant: 8.6 mi
- Sierra Madre Memorial Cannon: 9.2 mi
- Switzer Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Red Box Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Hidden Springs: 2.4 mi
- Paul Little: 4.7 mi
- Stonyvale Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Not Much of a Spring: 2.9 mi
- Silk Tassel Spring: 2.9 mi
- Baughman Spring: 5.0 mi
- Doe Spring: 6.9 mi
- Deer Spring: 7.3 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 2.7 mi
- Royal Falls: 3.4 mi
- Millard Falls: 4.6 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 4.7 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 2.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
- Spa Palace: 17.8 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Strawberry Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,433 m | 11.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 78° | 2,365 m | 11.3 mi |
| Winston Peak | ENE 64° | 2,277 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | NE 36° | 2,165 m | 8.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,998 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Gleason | NNW 333° | 1,990 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bare Mountain | NE 43° | 1,937 m | 10.8 mi |
| Roundtop | NNE 32° | 1,908 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/350178095
Day trips start here
- Angeles National Forest · 4 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge · 7 mi
- Pasadena · 8 mi
- Glendale · 10 mi
- Arcadia · 11 mi
- San Marino · 11 mi
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