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Mount Baden-Powell (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ. əl /) is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named for the founder of the World Scouting Movement, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. It was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1931. [5] It was originally known as East Twin or North Baldy. [4]
Ross Mountain via Vincent Gap: The trail is not burned until about 1.75 miles north of the Mt. Baden-Powell summit, when the final 1.25 miles to Ross Mountain is burned.
Baden-Powell grave – Wajee Nature Park, Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the Boy Scout trail sign for "I have gone home": 0°25′08″S 36°57′01″E / 0.41878°S 36.95022°E / -0.41878; 36.95022 ( Baden-Powell
The trail ended at Camp Pepperdine (elevation 6150 ft elevation) near Jackson Lake. The map identifies the six USGS topographic maps for the trail (Sierra Madre, Mt. Wilson, Alder Creek, Waterman Mtn, Crystal Lake, and Mt Baden Powell Quadrangles). The map showed the Mt Baden Powell summit as a short side trip off the main trail.
Through their namesakes, Mt. Baden-Powell and Mt. Burnham share a history of scouting, militarism, toxic masculinity — and white supremacy.
The highest elevation, Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) at 10,069 feet (3,069 m), [8] rises towards the eastern extremity of the range which extends from the Cajon Pass (Interstate 15) on the east, where the San Gabriel Mountain Range meets the San Bernardino Mountain Range, westward to meet the Santa Susana Mountains at Newhall Pass (Interstate 5).
Most of the major peaks of the San Gabriels are within the limits of the monument, including Mount San Antonio, Mount Baden-Powell, and Throop Peak. The Silver Moccasin Trail lies within the monument. The monument only covers a limited portion of the range's western extent, and much of the southern portion of the range has been excluded from ...
English: Mount Baden-Powell — of the San Gabriel Mountains, in the Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County, Southern California.