Potato Mountain

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Potato Mountain
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Potato Mountain
Location in California
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Potato Mountain
Potato Mountain (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation 3,422 ft (1,043 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 480 ft (150 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount San Antonio [2]
Coordinates 34°10′19″N117°42′09″W / 34.1719021°N 117.702624°W / 34.1719021; -117.702624 [3]
Geography
Location Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Parent range San Gabriel Mountains
Topo map USGS Potato Mountain
Climbing
Easiest route Hike, class 1 [4]

Potato Mountain is a mountain near Claremont, California at the southern edge of the San Gabriel Mountains. It is one of the first mountains visitors encounter entering the Angeles National Forest. Its summit is about 3,422 feet above sea level.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Potato mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. "Potato Mountain". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. "Mount Harwood". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  4. Sierra Club Hundred Peaks Section, 100 Peaks Lookout newsletter, May 1969