Red Box
Red Box 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 Mount Lawlor and San Gabriel Peak.Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: mountain pass in California
- Also known as: “Red Box Saddle” and “Red Box, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Disappointment and San Gabriel Peak.
Mount Disappointment
Peak
Photo: Justin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Disappointment is a mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California with a summit elevation of 5,963+ feet. It was named "Disappointment" in 1894 when USGS surveyors in the Wheeler Survey sighted it from the Santa Susana Mountains, believing it to be the highest point in the immediate area, decided to use it as their next triangulation point.
San Gabriel Peak
Peak
Photo: Justin.Johnsen, CC BY 3.0.
San Gabriel Peak is a summit in the San Gabriel Mountains in the U.S. state of California. It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894 and is located in the Angeles National Forest.
Mount Lawlor
Peak
Mount Lawlor is a 5,961-foot-elevation mountain summit located in the San Gabriel Mountains, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altadena and Kinneloa Mesa.
Altadena
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altadena is an unincorporated area, and census-designated place in the San Gabriel Valley and the Verdugos regions of Los Angeles County, California. Directly north of Pasadena, it is located approximately 14 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. Altadena is situated 5 miles south of Red Box.
Kinneloa Mesa
Hamlet
Kinneloa Mesa is an unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County, California, United States, with a population of 1,070 as of 2000. Unlike Altadena, a larger unincorporated area nearby, Kinneloa Mesa is not an official census-designated place. Kinneloa Mesa is situated 6 miles south of Red Box.
Red Box
- Categories: unincorporated community and mountain pass
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.25836° or 34° 15′ 30″ northLongitude
-118.1051° or 118° 6′ 18″ westOpen location code
85637V5V+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 345486481OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q19881366
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In Other Languages
“Red Box” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “紅盒子”
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