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The San Gabriel Mountains ( Spanish: Sierra de San Gabriel) comprise a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. [1] The mountain range is part of the Transverse Ranges and lies between the Los Angeles Basin and the Mojave Desert, with Interstate 5 to the west and ...
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument is a United States National Monument managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which encompasses parts of the Angeles National Forest and the San Bernardino National Forest in California. On October 10, 2014, President Barack Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act to create the new monument ...
The Ranges rise steeply above major urban areas such as Los Angeles Snowy Mt. Baden-Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains. The western and central segments of the Transverse Ranges are bounded to the north and east by the San Andreas Fault, which separates those segments from the Mojave Desert.
Mountain type. Granitic. Climbing. Easiest route. Ski lift to Baldy Notch, Devil's Backbone Trail (hike) Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a 10,064 ft (3,068 m) summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties of California. [4] [5] Lying within the San Gabriel ...
The San Bernardino Mountains, along with the nearby San Gabriel and San Jacinto ranges, is considered a sky island – a high mountain region whose plants and animals vary dramatically from those in the surrounding semi-arid lands. The San Bernardinos in particular comprise the largest forested region in Southern California, and support some ...
The Interstate 210 and State Route 210 freeway covers 86 miles, between Sylmar in the west, through the foothills and San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys, to Redlands in the east. Foothills and hill ranges The Foothills and Hills in the San Gabriel Valley region include. Foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains – along southern face. Puente Hills
The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, [2] are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California. Located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Verdugo Mountains region incorporates the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and La Cañada ...
The San Jose Hills are part of the geologic history of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains (the Transverse ranges located north of the San Jose Hills) were uplifted by tectonic force as a result of the colliding Pacific and North American plates more than a billion years ago. This tectonic pressure created deeply fractured and ...