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Mount Lukens

1,547 m5,075 ft

Prominence: 542 m1,778 ft
Isolation: 6.0 km
Tonight: 46°FRain showers · Wind 5–20 mph N

Mount Lukens is a 1,547 m (5,075 ft) mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,547 m · 5,075 ft
Nearest higher peak: Strawberry Peak (1,880 m)
Range: San Gabriel Mountains
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Angeles National Forest
Coordinates: 34.2690° N, 118.2390° W

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3D map

Mount Lukens 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Lukens terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Lukens elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Lukens weather

Tonight · Rain showers · 46°F (8°C) · 16% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–20 mph N

Mount Lukens forecast for the summit, about 1,244 m.

Tonight46°16%5–20 mph N
Sat50°59°1%5–20 mph NE
Sun52°63°–5–10 mph NE
Mon52°64°–0–5 mph NW
Tue51°63°–0–5 mph SE
Wed51°62°–0–5 mph S
Thu48°58°15%0–5 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Lukens

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Lukens, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
FEE AREA
2.3 km NE · +2 more within 2.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
2.4 km NNE
+2 more within 6.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Oakwilde Trail Camp (not maintained)
5.7 km ESE · +1 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
FEE AREAParking	2.3 km NE
Parking	2.4 km NNE
Trailhead	2.4 km NNE
Parking	2.5 km NNE
Trail Canyon TrailheadTrailhead	4.2 km NNW
Oakwilde Trail Camp (not maintained)Campsite	5.7 km ESE
La Canada Open Space Trail TrailheadTrailhead	6.4 km SE
Gould Mesa Trail CampCampsite	7.7 km SE

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

14.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

17.9%

Steep, 30–45°

59.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

8.3%

Steeper than 30°: 68.1% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 1,025 m low point 522 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 46.4%Shrubland 41.8%Built-up 5.6%Grassland 5.5%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Mount Lukens sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Newhall Pass26 km WNW

Mount Lukens downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Lukens satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-29.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,547 m at the summit; the official height is 1,547 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,547 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,547 m	0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,547 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,548 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,541 m	-6 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Lukens

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Nearest campsite

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