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The San Gorgonio Pass, or Banning Pass, is a 2,600 ft ... The San Gorgonio Pass area tends to get snow at least once or twice during the winter months, although it ...
Flanked by Mount San Gorgonio and the Transverse Ranges to the North, and Mount San Jacinto and the Peninsular Ranges to the South, the San Gorgonio Pass is a transitional zone from a Mediterranean climate west of the pass, to a Desert climate east of the pass. This makes the pass area one of the most consistently windy places in the United ...
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 .
Rancho San Gorgonio was established in 1824 by Spanish Missionaries, who named the ranch in honor of Saint Gorgonius. The ranch was one of the principal ranches, 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 area.
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]
San Gorgonio Pass — a mountain pass located in Riverside County, California. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. B.
With an elevation of 2,500 to 3,000 feet (760 to 910 m) above sea level, Beaumont is at the peak on the San Gorgonio Pass between San Bernardino and Palm Springs, neighboring the Interstate 10 and State Route 60 freeways. If driving east to Banning or west to Calimesa, drivers can feel a gradual downward slope.
The western and central segments of the Transverse Ranges are bounded to the north and east by the San Andreas Fault, which separates those segments from the Mojave Desert. [1] [2] The eastern segment bounds the southern Mojave Desert. Notable passes along the San Andreas fault include Tejon Pass, Cajon Pass, and San Gorgonio Pass.