Mount Wilson is at the peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, located within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. With only minor topo
The northern slope of Mount Wilson, atop which sits an antenna farm near its summit, as seen from Angeles Crest Highway
Pack train to Wilson Peak, Sierra Madre Trail, c. 1900. Photo by George Wharton James.
The Mount Wilson Trail is still open to hikers.
Mount Wilson aerial photo, showing Radio Ridge antenna farm and the Observatory. Photo by Doc Searls.
The Angeles National Forest of the United States Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in Southern California. The ANF
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. The southwest view from Islip Saddle shows Bear Creek, a tributary of the San Gabriel River that lies within the San Gabriel Wilderness, and Twin Peaks (7,761 feet (2,366 m)).
Monument detailing the history of the Angeles National Forest
2014, new growth emerges after the fires of 2012
Various mountain plant life with the Chaparral yucca at right.