Mount Burnham
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| Mount Burnham | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2,742 m (8,997 ft) |
| Location | California, USA |
| Range | San Gabriel Mountains |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Topo map | USGS Crystal Lake |
| Easiest route | hike[1] |
Mount Burnham is one of the highest peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains named for the famous American scout, Frederick Russell Burnham, famed for teaching scoutcraft (then known as woodcraft) to Robert Baden-Powell, becoming one of the inspirations to the founding of the Boy Scouts. Mount Burnham was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1951.[2] Its first designation was (West Twin) "North Baldy Mountain". The peak is within Los Angeles County, about 16 miles north of Glendora, and 66 miles from Los Angeles. In 1956, Mt Burnham was added as Signature Summit 14H to the Sierra Club Hundred Peaks Section.[3]
Mount Burnham is part of the 53-mile Boy Scout hiking trail, the Silver Moccasin Trail (along the Pacific Crest Trail), that connects to this summit to Mount Baden-Powell (less than 1-mile away), Throop Peak and Mount Hawkins. Most of the forest on Mount Burnham and along the trail consist of plants native to the region. The peak is covered by limber pines (Pinus flexilis), lodgepole (P. contorta), sugar pine (P. lambertiana), and Jeffrey pine (P. jeffreyi). Other plants of note include Holodiscus microphyllus, Monardella cinerea, Erioqonum umbellatum, Oreonana vestita, Cycladenia humilis, and the rare, local yellow-flowered Peirson's lupine (Lupinus peirsonii). The area is occasionally visited by bighorn sheep and a rare mountain lion.
Rocks in the area range in age from Pre-Cambrian (probable) igneous and metamorphics to Pre-Cretaceous metamorphics. The Vincent Thrust Fault, the oldest major fault in the range, dating to the Mesozoic, passes through the area.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Mt Burnham Guide (HTML) (English) 1. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club (25-February-2003). Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ Everett, Mary Nixon (1952). "Dedication of Mount Burnham". The masterkey anthropology of the Americas 26 (4). Southwest Museum.
- ^ Mt Burnham Summit Signatures (HTML) (English) 1. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club (21-May-2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
[edit] External links
- Mount Burnham is at coordinates Coordinates:
