Strawberry Peak, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

Name: Strawberry Peak
Address: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, United States

#9 among attractions in San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

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Strawberry Peak is a prominent peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. It is located about 10 miles north of Pasadena, and 28 miles 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. ()

Elevation: 6167 ftCoordinates: 34°17'0"N, 118°7'12"W

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Strawberry Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Wilson, La Canada Flintridge Country Club, Lanterman House, Echo Mountain.

5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Wilson, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
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34°12'52"N • 118°11'13"W
La Canada Flintridge Country Club, La Cañada Flintridge
156 min walk • Golf
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Museum, History museum, Specialty museum
Lanterman House, La Cañada Flintridge
187 min walk • Lanterman House is a bungalow-style historic house museum in La Cañada Flintridge, California on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was commissioned by Dr. Roy Lanterman in 1915 and was built by A. L. Haley, who was a prominent builder of both residences and commercial buildings in the Los Angeles area.
5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Echo Mountain, Angeles National Forest
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5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Vetter Mountain, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
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3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
San Gabriel Peak, Angeles National Forest
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3.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Lowe, Angeles National Forest
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5.5 miSE
Seminal multi-telescope observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory, Angeles National Forest
141 min walk • The Mount Wilson Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 1,740-meter peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles.
4.6 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Gabrielino Trail, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
118 min walk • The Gabrielino Trail is a United States National Recreation Trail that runs through the Angeles National Forest with trailheads at Windsor Avenue in Altadena, California on the west end and Chantry Flat, just north of Arcadia, California, on the east.
4.4 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sam Merrill Trail, Angeles National Forest
113 min walk • The Sam Merrill Trail is a major hiking trail in the Las Flores Canyon of the San Gabriel Mountain Range north of Altadena, California, which leads to the top of Echo Mountain. It was built by Charles Warner and the Forest Conservation Club of Pasadena during the 1930s.
3.9 miW
Dam
Big Tujunga Dam, Angeles National Forest
100 min walk • Big Tujunga Dam is a 244-foot-high concrete arch dam in Los Angeles County, California, spanning Big Tujunga Canyon northeast of Sunland, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.