{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Lawlor | image = Josephine Peak Summit Views - Mount Lawlor.jpg | image_caption = West aspect, viewed from Josephine Peak | elevation_ft = 5961 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=1347|name=Mount Lawlor, California|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 745 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 1.30 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/59566|title=Lawlor, Mount - 5,957' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | parent_peak = Strawberry Peak (6,164 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Oscar Lawler<ref>[https://www.idyllwildhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2016-Spring-Lawler-Lodge.pdf John M. Blodgett, ''That Mysterious Lodge on Highway 243''], 2016, Idyllwild Area Historical Society</ref> | listing = Hundred Peaks Section<ref name=hps>{{cite hps |id=11c |name=Mount Lawlor}}</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>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-lawlor.html|title=Mount Lawlor, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | range = San Gabriel Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|34.2705822|N|118.1039256|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=244672|name=Mount Lawlor|access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Chilao Flat'' | rock = | type = Fault block | age = | first_ascent = 1887 | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Lawlor''' is a {{convert|5,961|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== Mount Lawlor 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. Precipitation runoff from this mountain's north slope drains to Big Tujunga Creek, the southwest slope drains to Arroyo Seco, and the southeast slope drains into headwaters of the West Fork San Gabriel River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1800.|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above the West Fork in approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. Reaching the summit involves hiking six miles (round-trip) with 1,300 feet of elevation gain.<ref name=Schad>Jerry Schad, ''Afoot & Afield: Los Angeles County: 259 Spectacular Outings in Southern California'', Wilderness Press, 2019, {{ISBN|9780899978703}}</ref> In 2009, the mountain's chaparral-covered slopes were burned by the Station Fire.<ref name=Schad/> The mountain is named (but misspelled) after Oscar Lawler (1875–1966), a Los Angeles attorney with a fondness for the San Gabriel Mountains and an interest in conservation.<ref name=hps2>[https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/11c.htm ''11C Mount Lawlor''], 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"/> The first known ascent of this mountain was made in 1887 by brothers Jason and Owen Brown.<ref name=hps2/>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Lawlor 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.
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
== Gallery == <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:San Gabriel Peak Summit Views - Mount Lawlor.jpg|South aspect of Mount Lawlor viewed from San Gabriel Peak File:Monrovia Peak Summit Views - Mount Lawlor and Strawberry Peak.jpg|Southeast aspect of Mount Lawlor (center) with Strawberry Peak (behind, right) viewed from Monrovia Peak </gallery> </div>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Mount Lawlor: [https://hundredpeaks.org/signatures/11c.htm Sierra Club] * Oscar Lawler (photo and biography): [https://www.idyllwildhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2016-Spring-Lawler-Lodge.pdf idyllwildhistory.org] * Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5365613/United%20States/California/Los%20Angeles/Mount%20Lawlor Mount Lawlor]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Lawlor | North = Big Tujunga Creek | Northeast = Big Tujunga Canyon | East = Angeles Crest Highway | Southeast = West Fork San Gabriel River | South = Red Box | Southwest = Arroyo Seco | West = Josephine Peak | Northwest = Strawberry Peak }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lawlor, Mount}} 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