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Location: Los Angeles County, about 5 miles north of the city of Sierra Madre, 34 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Mount Wilson 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| | Viewable PDF file - Approximately 3.4 megs |
| | GPX file or Google Earth KML file to
download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files) |
| | Routes as shown on
CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo) |
Nearby Peaks: Occidental Peak
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 14 miles round trip on trail and road
- Gain: 3900'
- Time: 8-9 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
- Navigation: Easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, July 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From the intersection of I-210 and Santa Anita Avenue, drive north to
the lower Chantry Flat parking area. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area, hike down the paved road past the gate to the
canyon bottom (1800'). Where the stream crosses the road, turn right and
cross the footbridge. At the far side the Lower Winter Creek Trail
goes left, upstream.
- Go straight ahead on what starts as a road but soon
becomes a trail. After 3/4 mile there is a 3-way fork, marked "Gabrieleno
Trail".
- Turn left on either of the two left forks. The right
one of these two gives you a good view of Sturtevant Falls, but is
narrow. The left one is for horse travel. They rejoin above the
falls.
- Continue on the trail about 3 miles through Spruce Grove
Campground to a trail fork marked "Methodist Camp, Mt. Wilson - 3".
The right fork goes a short distance to Methodist-Sturtevant Camp.
- Take
the left fork, cross the stream, and continue up to the summit.