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Mount Wilson Hike

Sierra Madre, California, USA

Mount Wilson Hike

Length14.8 mi
Elev. Gain4818.3 ft
Est. Steps34000

Forest

Scenic views

Wild flowers

Mountain

Quiet place

Waterfall

Wild life

Rocky

Bugs

Steep slope

No/weak signal

Created by Jordan
Introduction
Mount Wilson Hike is a 14.8 mile (34,000-step) route located near Sierra Madre, California, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 4818.3 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Very scenic route to the top of mount Wilson, make sure you go early in the morning to avoid the worst of the sun. Bonus if the day is overcast.

CHARA array

Place
The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) is an optical interferometric array, owned by Georgia State University (GSU), and located on Mount Wilson, California. It is the most powerful interferometer in the world. Anyone wanting to apply for time at the array can by following the instructions at CHARA’s website.

KAZA-TV

Place
KAZA-TV, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 22), is a MeTV owned-and-operated television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Avalon. The station is owned by Weigel Broadcasting. KAZA-TV's studios are located on Grand Central Avenue in Glendale, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Harvard.

Mount Wilson Toll Road

Place
The Mount Wilson Toll Road (1891–1936) is a historic roadway which ascended Mount Wilson via a vehicular passable road from the base of the foothills in Altadena. It was accessible from Pasadena via Santa Anita Avenue (nowadays the north-south portion of Altadena Drive) which drove right to the front porch of the toll house.

Mount Wilson (California)

Place
Mount Wilson is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, located within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. With only minor topographical prominence the peak is not naturally noticeable from a distance, although it is easily identifiable due to the large number of antennas near its summit.

KLCS

Place
KLCS, virtual channel 58 (UHF digital channel 28), is a secondary Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), it is one of eight television stations in the U.S. that are operated by a local school system.

KSCA (FM)

Place
KSCA (101.9 MHz "Zona MX 101.9") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Glendale, California and broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KSCA is owned by Univision Communications, and it airs a Regional Mexican radio format. The station has studios and offices on Center Drive (near Interstate 405) in West Los Angeles.

KKLA-FM

Place
KKLA-FM (99.5 FM, "99.5 KKLA") is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching format. The KKLA-FM studios are located in Glendale and the transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

KTBN-TV

Place
KTBN-TV, virtual channel 40 (UHF digital channel 33), is a religious television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Santa Ana. It is the flagship station of the locally based Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTBN-TV's offices are located at the TBN headquarters in nearby Tustin, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

KVEA

Place
KVEA, virtual channel 52 (UHF digital channel 25), is a Telemundo owned-and-operated television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States. Licensed to Corona, it is Telemundo's West Coast flagship station. KVEA is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a subsidiary of Comcast), as part of a duopoly with Los Angeles-licensed NBC West Coast flagship KNBC (channel 4).

KBEH

Place
KBEH, virtual channel 63 (VHF digital channel 4), is a religious television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Garden Grove. The station is owned by Meruelo Broadcasting as part of a duopoly with Los Angeles-licensed Spanish-language independent KWHY-TV (channel 22); the two stations share channel 4 under a channel sharing agreement.
Comments
Mel
2019/08/12
I walked this 65 years ago. The snow on left side of trail near top caused me chill blaines.
leo0803
2024/05/12
Route Details

Length

14.8 mi

Elev. Gain

4818.3 ft

Est. Steps

34000
Created by
Jordan
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