Mount Islip

Mount Islip
Mount Islip from the trail to the top
Elevation	8,250 ft (2,515 m) NAVD 88[1]
Listing	Hundred Peaks Section [2]
Location
Location	Los Angeles County, California, USA
Range	San Gabriel Mountains
Coordinates	34°20′42.0″N 117°50′23.8″W / 34.345°N 117.839944°W / 34.345; -117.839944Coordinates: 34°20′42.0″N 117°50′23.8″W / 34.345°N 117.839944°W / 34.345; -117.839944[1]
Topo map	USGS Crystal Lake
Climbing
Easiest route	Trail hike, class 1 [3]

Mount Islip (pronounced eye-slip) is a 8,250-foot (2,515 m) peak in the Angeles National Forest. On a clear day the sharp, high peak provides impressive views of both the Mojave Desert and the Los Angeles Basin all the way to the ocean.^[4]

A trailhead for climbing Mount Islip is located at Islip Saddle, along the Angeles Crest Highway, approximately 53 miles (85 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Another trailhead is at the Crystal Lake Recreation Area, north of Azusa.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Crystal Lake H 7A". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=EV9281. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
2. ^ "Mount Islip". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/guides/14C.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
3. ^ "Mount Islip". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/362207. Retrieved 2011-05-07. 
4. ^ "Islip Saddle to Little Jimmy and Mount Islip". U.S. Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recreation/hike-islipsad2littlejimmy-mtislip.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 

External links

• "Mount Islip". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:243932. 
• "Mount Islip, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1320. Retrieved 2009-08-12.