Mount Lukens, California, Mountain summit in San Gabriel Mountains, California.
Mount Lukens rises to 5,074 feet as the highest elevation point within Los Angeles city limits, featuring steep slopes and dense chaparral vegetation throughout its terrain.
Theodore Parker Lukens, a Pasadena businessman and conservationist, collaborated with naturalist John Muir in 1895 to study soil and plant species in the region.
The summit area contains multiple transmission towers that provide essential radio and cellular communications for the entire Los Angeles metropolitan region.
Hikers can access the peak through several trails, with the most direct route starting from Deukmejian Wilderness Park and extending approximately three miles to the top.
The mountain demonstrates the largest elevation difference between high and low points among the fifty most populated cities in the United States.
Location: California
GPS coordinates: 34.26900,-118.23900
Latest update: March 2, 2025 20:19
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