{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Josephine Peak | image = Josephine Peak and California Lilac.jpg | image_caption = East aspect, viewed from Strawberry Peak | elevation_ft = 5561 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=1341|name=Josephine Peak, California|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 698 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 1.91 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/60179|title=Josephine Peak - 5,558' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | parent_peak = Strawberry Peak (6,164 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Josephine Lippencott | listing = Hundred Peaks Section<ref name=hps>{{cite hps |id=11a |name=Josephine Peak}}</ref> | map = California#USA | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 260 | label_position = bottom | country = United States | state = California | region = Los Angeles | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = San Gabriel Mountains National Monument<ref name=peakvisor1/> | range = San Gabriel Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|34.2855876|N|118.1537988|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=271825|name=Josephine Peak|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Condor Peak'' | rock = | type = Fault block | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Josephine Peak Trail<ref name=peakvisor1>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/josephine-peak-united-states.html|title=Josephine Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> }}
'''Josephine Peak''' is a {{convert|5,561|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
==Description== Josephine Peak is set within San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, approximately {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the community of Altadena and {{convert|18|mi|km}} north-northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|2450.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Clear Creek in approximately one mile. Hiking to the summit involves eight miles of trail with 2,100 feet of elevation gain.<ref>Jerry Schad, ''Afoot & Afield: Los Angeles County: 259 Spectacular Outings in Southern California'', Wilderness Press, 2019, {{ISBN|9780899978703}}</ref> A fire lookout tower stood on the summit from 1937 through 1976. The mountain is named after Josephine Lippencott (1866–1951), wife of USGS surveyor Joseph Barlow Lippencott who used this summit as a triangulation station in 1894.<ref>[https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/11a.htm ''11A Josephine Peak''], Hundred Peaks Section, Sierra Club, Retrieved 2024-05-22.</ref> This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.<ref name="gnis"/>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, Josephine Peak is located in a continental climate zone (Dsa) with mostly dry summers (except for scattered summer thunderstorms) and cold, wet winters.<ref name=peakvisor2>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/range/san-gabriel-mountains.html|title=San Gabriel Mountains, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> Most weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel east toward the San Gabriel Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Big Tujunga Creek.
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * Lippincott Mountain
== Gallery == <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Josephine Peak sw.jpg|Southwest aspect File:Josephine Peak & Strawberry Peak.jpg|Southwest aspect of Josephine Peak (upper left) and Strawberry Peak to right. File:Mount Lukens Truck Trail Views - Josephine Peak.jpg|West aspect File:54 Mount Lawlor Summit Views (15) - Josephine Peak.jpg|East aspect, from Mount Lawlor File:Josephine Peak Summit, Angeles National Forest.jpg|Summit of Josephine Peak showing concrete footing remnants of fire tower that was destroyed in 1976 File:13 Strawberry Peak Trail Views (9) - Josephine Peak (2).jpg|East aspect </gallery> </div>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://cookfamilygenealogy.org/09lippincottjosephinec.htm Josephine Cook Lippencott (photo)] * Josephine Peak: [https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/11a.htm Sierra Club] * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5361279/United%20States/California/Los%20Angeles/Josephine%20Peak Josephine Peak]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Josephine Peak | North = Big Tujunga Creek | Northeast = Lucas Creek | East = Strawberry Peak | ESE = Mount Lawlor | Southeast = Colby Canyon | South = Angeles Crest Highway | Southwest = Angeles Forest Highway | West = Big Tujunga Dam | Northwest = Big Tujunga Canyon }}
Category:Mountains of Los Angeles County, California Category:One-thousanders of the United States Category:Angeles National Forest Category:San Gabriel Mountains Category:Mountains of Southern California Category:San Gabriel Mountains National Monument