Frazier Mountain

Frazier Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 8,017 ft (2,444 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 2,440 ft (740 m) [2]
Listing Hundred Peaks Section[3]
Coordinates 34°46′30″N 118°58′09″W / 34.774953192°N 118.969109136°W / 34.774953192; -118.969109136Coordinates: 34°46′30″N 118°58′09″W / 34.774953192°N 118.969109136°W / 34.774953192; -118.969109136 [1]
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

Relay towers on Frazier Peak

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Frazier Reset". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Frazier Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Frazier Mountain". Hundred Peaks Section, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. ↑ Google Maps
  5. ↑ Map, trails.com
  6. ↑ Map, recreationparks.net

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