Mount San Jacinto State Park, State park in Riverside County, California.

Mount San Jacinto State Park protects the weathered granite summit of Mount San Jacinto, which rises to 10,834 feet (3,302 m) as the second-highest peak in Southern California. The summit is fractured into stacked, rounded blocks with dark streaks and lichen, and snow sits on ledges and in crevices. A long, weathered, branchless tree trunk leans diagonally across the rock.

Mount San Jacinto State Park protects the weathered granite summit of Mount San Jacinto, which rises to 10,834 feet (3,302 m) as the second-highest peak in Southern California. In January 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the park among 48 state parks for closure during a state deficit reduction program. During the 2008–2010 budget crisis the legislature weighed the park system's funding and operations, and in March 2011 Assembly Bill 95, signed under Governor Jerry Brown, closed the park temporarily on certain days.

The park's Newton B. Drury Peak honors the fourth director of the U.S. National Park Service, who also led the Save the Redwoods League. The mountain itself, Mount San Jacinto, carries a name from Spanish colonial times, while the surrounding range remains part of the Tongva homeland.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway connects the desert floor directly to the upper mountain, saving you from a long climb on foot. Wear layers, since it gets much colder at the higher elevation than down in the valley.

Mount San Jacinto's 10,834-foot summit is the second-highest peak in Southern California, and the park holds old-growth forest recognized by the Old-Growth Forest Network. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reaches the upper mountain, and the Pacific Crest Trail crosses the park. Newton B. Drury Peak honors the fourth director of the U.S. National Park Service.