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Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson is at the peak of the , located within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and in Los Angeles County, California.
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Photo: Geographer, CC BY 1.0.
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: mountain in California, USA
  • Also known as: “Mt. Wilson”
  • Postal code: 91023

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Wilson Observatory and San Gabriel Peak.

Observatory
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 5,710-foot peak in the near , northeast of Los Angeles.

Peak
Photo: Justin.Johnsen, CC BY 3.0.
is a summit in the in the U.S. state of . It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894 and is located in the . is situated 2 miles northwest of Mount Wilson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Box and Kinneloa Mesa.

Locality
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the name of the junction of the Angeles Crest Highway, the Mt. Wilson-Red Box Road, and the Rincon-Red Box Road. It is located at the 1,422-meter saddle between and . is situated 3 miles northwest of Mount Wilson.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County, California, , with a population of 1,070 as of 2000. Unlike , a larger unincorporated area nearby, is not an official census-designated place. is situated 3½ miles south of Mount Wilson.

Town
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is an unincorporated area, and census-designated place in the and the Verdugos regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of , it is located approximately 14 miles from . is situated 4½ miles southwest of Mount Wilson.

Mount Wilson

Latitude
34.22639° or 34° 13′ 35″ north
Longitude
-118.06618° or 118° 3′ 58″ west
Elevation
5,712 feet (1,741 metres)
IATA airport code
MWS
United Nations Location Code
US MWS
Open location code
85636WGM+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150979270
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5375346
Wiki­data ID
Q3119066
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Wilson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Mount Wilson” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mont Wilson”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Wilson”
  • Central Kurdish: “ماونت ویڵسن”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊山 (加利福尼亚州)”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊山 (科罗拉多州)”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊山”
  • Chinese: “威爾遜山 (加利福尼亞州)”
  • Chinese: “威爾遜山 (科羅拉多州)”
  • Dutch: “Mount Wilson”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ويلسون”
  • Estonian: “Mount Wilson”
  • French: “mont Wilson”
  • French: “Mont Wilson”
  • Hebrew: “הר וילסון שבקליפורניה”
  • Japanese: “ウィルソン山”
  • Ladin: “Mount Wilson”
  • Polish: “Mount Wilson”
  • Romanian: “Mount Wilson”
  • Spanish: “monte Wilson”
  • Spanish: “Monte Wilson”
  • Swedish: “Mount Wilson”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Wilson”. Photo: Geographer, CC BY 1.0.