Frazier Mountain
Frazier Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,017 ft (2,444 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 2,440 ft (740 m)[2] |
Listing | Hundred Peaks Section[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | San Emigdio Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Frazier Mountain |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Road |
Frazier Mountain is a broad, pine-forested peak in the San Emigdio Mountains of the Transverse Ranges System, within the Los Padres National Forest in northeastern Ventura County, California. At 8,017 feet (2,444 m),[1] Frazier Mnt. is the sixteenth-highest mountain in the Transverse Ranges of Southern California.
Geography
The community of Frazier Park and its outlying district of Lake of the Woods are northward of the mountain. The intersection of Ventura, Los Angeles, and Kern Counties lies just to the northeast. Interstate 5 runs to the east of the mountain, and Southern California Edison's Path 26 500 kV wires are at its eastern foothills.
Mount Pinos is 21.5 miles by road west of Frazier Mountain, and also in the San Emigdio Mountains.[4] Alamo Mountain and the Sespe Condor Sanctuary are to its south.[5][6]
The summit of the mountain is a Forest Service lookout area with radio tower facilities as well as an abandoned fire lookout tower. The highest point is accessible by a forest road that is open when there is no snow present on the mountain.
See also
- San Emigdio Mountains—related topics
- 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake — nearby on the San Andreas fault.
References
- ^ a b c "Frazier Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Frazier Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Frazier Mountain". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Map, trails.com
- ^ Map, recreationparks.net
External links
- "Frazier Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- "Frazier Mountain". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2010-01-03.