Mount Burnham
{{Short description|Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains}}
{{about|the mountain in California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Burnham
| photo = Mt burnham.jpg
| photo_caption = Summit and ridge
| elevation_ft = 9001
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=1310 |name=Mount Burnham, California |accessdate=2008-12-18}}
| prominence =
| listing = Hundred Peaks Section{{cite hps |id=14H |name=Mount Burnham |accessdate=2009-10-29}}
| location = Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
| map = California#USA
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_size = 240
| label_position = below
| range = San Gabriel Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|34.3591672|N|117.7814491|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=255383 |name=Mount Burnham |accessdate=2008-12-18}}
| topo = USGS Crystal Lake
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Hike
}}
Mount Burnham is one of the highest peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains. It is in the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. It is named for Frederick Russell Burnham the famous American military scout who taught Scoutcraft (then known as woodcraft) to Robert Baden-Powell and became one of the inspirations for the founding of the Boy Scouts. Mount Burnham was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1951.{{Cite book |last=Everett |first=Mary Nixon |title=Dedication of Mount Burnham |work=The Masterkey Anthropology of the Americas |publisher=Southwest Museum |year=1952 |volume=26 |issue=4}}
It was original known as (West Twin) "North Baldy Mountain". The peak is within Los Angeles County, about {{convert|16|mi|km|0}} north of Glendora, and {{convert|66|mi|km|0}} from Los Angeles. In 1956, Mount Burnham was added to the list of Signature Summits by the Hundred Peaks Section of the Sierra Club.{{Cite web |date=2006-05-21 |title=Mount Burnham |url=http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/signatures/14h.htm |access-date=2008-12-18 |website=Hundred Peaks Section |publisher=Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club}}
Background
The {{convert|53|mi|km|0|adj=on}} long Silver Moccasin Trail, a Boy Scout trail, connects the mountain with Mount Baden-Powell, Throop Peak and Mount Hawkins. The Pacific Crest Trail follows the same route in this area.
Most of the forest on Mount Burnham and along the trail consist of plants native to the region. The peak is covered by limber pine (Pinus flexilis), lodgepole (P. contorta), sugar pine (P. lambertiana), and Jeffrey pine (P. jeffreyi). Other plants of note include Holodiscus microphyllus, Monardella cinerea, Eriogonum umbellatum, Oreonana vestita, Cycladenia humilis, and the rare, local yellow-flowered Peirson's lupine (Lupinus peirsonii). The area is occasionally visited by bighorn sheep and a rare mountain lion.
Rocks in the area range in age from Pre-Cambrian (probable) igneous and metamorphics to Pre-Cretaceous metamorphics. The Vincent Thrust Fault, the oldest major fault in the range, dating to the Mesozoic, passes through the area.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite summitpost |id=200070 |name=Mount Burnham |accessdate=2011-05-07}}
{{Scouting|us}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Mount}}
Category:Mountains of Los Angeles County, California
Category:San Gabriel Mountains
Category:San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Category:Angeles National Forest
Category:Scouting in the United States