{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Monrovia Peak | image = Islip Ridge Trail Views - Monrovia Peak.jpg | image_caption = North aspect | elevation_ft = 5412 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=1369|name=Monrovia Peak, California|access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1503 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 5.07 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/60414|title=Monrovia Peak - 5,409' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> | parent_peak = Occidental Peak (5,732 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = William Norton Monroe<ref>Peter Massey, ''California Trails South Coast Region'', Adler Publishing, 2006, {{ISBN|9781930193246}}, p. 57.</ref> | listing = Hundred Peaks Section<ref name=hps>{{cite hps |id=15a |name=Monrovia 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=USFS>[https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/san-gabriel-mtns-nm-boundary-map-highres-20240502.pdf ''San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Map''], US Forest Service, Retrieved 2024-05-24.</ref> | range = San Gabriel Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|34.2132325|N|117.9694997|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=246098|name=Monrovia Peak|access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Azusa'' | rock = | type = Fault block | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Trail<ref name=peakvisor1>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/monrovia-peak.html|title=Monrovia Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> }}
'''Monrovia Peak''' is a {{convert|5,412|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== Monrovia Peak is set within San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of the community of Monrovia and {{convert|20.|mi|km}} northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The May 2, 2024, expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by President Biden brought Monrovia Peak within the boundary of the monument.<ref name=USFS/> Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over {{convert|1800.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Cold Springs Canyon in approximately one mile. Reaching the summit involves 12 miles of hiking with 5,300 feet of elevation gain.<ref name=hps/> This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names,<ref name="gnis"/> and it is named in association with the city of Monrovia, of which William N. Monroe (1841–1935) is Monrovia's eponym.<ref name=hps2>[https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/15a.htm ''15A Monrovia Peak''], Hundred Peaks Section, Sierra Club, Retrieved 2024-05-24.</ref>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, Monrovia 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 into the San Gabriel River watershed.
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
== Gallery == <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Monrovia Peak from Mount Wilson.jpg|West aspect viewed from Mount Wilson File:Santa Anita - Monrovia Peak.jpg|Southwest aspect of Monrovia Peak viewed from Santa Anita. </gallery> </div>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Monrovia Peak: [https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/15a.htm Sierra Club] * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5374181/United%20States/California/Los%20Angeles/Monrovia%20Peak Monrovia Peak]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Monrovia Peak | North = West Fork San Gabriel River | Northeast = West Fork | East = San Gabriel Dam | Southeast = Azusa | South = Duarte | Southwest = Monrovia | West = Mount Wilson | Northwest = West Fork }}
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