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San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges at 11,503 feet (3,506 m). It is in the San Bernardino Mountains , 27 miles (43 km) east of the city of San Bernardino and 12 miles (19 km) north-northeast of San Gorgonio Pass .
The San Gorgonio Wilderness is located in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County and into northern Riverside County, Southern California. It begins north of San Gorgonio Pass, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Morongo Valley and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Palm Springs, California. [2]
Rancho San Gorgonio was a ranch in Southern California that was established in 1824 by Spanish missionaries, who named the ranch in honor of Saint Gorgonius. The ranch was one of the principal rancherias, and the most distant, of the San Gabriel Mission, near what is now Los Angeles, California. It occupied most of today's San Gorgonio Pass ...
Search crews estimate the hiker fell roughly 80 feet to his death in the San Bernardino wilderness.
The San Gorgonio Pass, or Banning Pass, is a 2,600 ft (790 m) elevation [1] gap on the rim of the Great Basin between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and ...
San Gorgonio, an early name for Beaumont, California San Gorgonio Handicap, previous name of the Robert J. Frankel Stakes American horse race San Gorgonio Unified School District, defunct; divided into Beaumont and Banning Unified School Districts
Elevations range from 2,000 to 11,499 feet (600 to 3505 m). The forest includes seven wilderness areas: [2] San Gorgonio, Cucamonga, San Jacinto, South Fork, Santa Rosa, Cahuilla Mountain and Bighorn Mountain. Forest headquarters are located in the city of San Bernardino. There are district offices in Lytle Creek, Idyllwild, and Fawnskin.
The San Bernardino Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in Southern California in the United States. [3] Situated north and northeast of San Bernardino and spanning two California counties, the range tops out at 11,503 feet (3,506 m) at San Gorgonio Mountain – the tallest peak in Southern California. [4]