Telegraph Peak (California)

Telegraph Peak
Telegraph Peak
	Telegraph Peak as seen from Devils Backbone ridge on Mount San Antonio.
Highest point
Elevation	8,989 ft (2,740 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence	1,183 ft (361 m) [1]
Parent peak	Mount San Antonio [2]
Listing	Hundred Peaks Section [3]
Coordinates	34°15′41″N117°35′53″W / 34.2613942°N 117.5981093°W Coordinates: 34°15′41″N117°35′53″W / 34.2613942°N 117.5981093°W [4]
Geography
Location	San Bernardino County, California, U.S.
Parent range	San Gabriel Mountains
Topo map	USGS Telegraph Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike, class 1 [3]

Last updated February 26, 2019

Telegraph Peak, is a peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and San Bernardino County, California.

The San Gabriel Mountains are a mountain range located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, United States. 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 Interstate 15 to the east. This range lies in, and is surrounded by, the Angeles National Forest, with the San Andreas Fault as the northern border of the range.

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, protecting 346,177 acres of public lands in the San Gabriel Mountains of the Transverse Ranges.

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 2,035,210, making it the fifth-most populous county in California, and the 12th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is San Bernardino.

With an elevation of 8,989 feet (2,740 m), it is highest point in the Cucamonga Wilderness of the San Bernardino National Forest.^[1]

The Cucamonga Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California.

The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States National Forest in Southern California encompassing 823,816 acres (3,333.87 km²) of which 677,982 acres (2,743.70 km²) are federal. The forest is made up of two main divisions, the eastern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains on the easternmost of the Transverse Ranges, and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains on the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges. Elevations range from 2,000 to 11,499 feet. The forest includes seven wilderness areas: San Gorgonio, Cucamonga, San Jacinto, South Fork San Jacinto, Santa Rosa, Cahuilla Mountain and Bighorn Mountain. Forest headquarters are located in the city of San Bernardino. There are district offices in Lytle Creek, Idyllwild, and Fawnskin.

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San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges at 11,503 feet (3,506 m).

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1 2 "Telegraph Peak". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved 2009-08-24.
↑ "Telegraph Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2007-08-15.

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[pb-1] 1 2 3 "Telegraph Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[loj-2] "Telegraph Peak". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[hps-3] 1 2 "Telegraph Peak". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved 2009-08-24.

[gnis-4] "Telegraph Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2007-08-15.

Telegraph Peak (California)

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