Editing Tejon Pass (section)

==Geography==
Tejon Pass marks the intersection of the two largest seismic faults in California; the [[San Andreas Fault|San Andreas]] and [[Garlock Fault|Garlock]] fault systems.

The highest point of the pass is near the northwesternmost corner of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], north of [[Gorman, California|Gorman]]. Its elevation is {{convert|4160|ft|m}}<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:274055 U.S. Geographic Names Information System, No. 274055]</ref> along Peace Valley Road and Gorman Post Road, {{convert|70|mi|km}} northwest of downtown [[Los Angeles]] and {{convert|46|mi|km}} south of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]].

[[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]], which connects Southern California with the [[San Joaquin Valley]] and the north, reaches its highest point in the state, {{convert|4144|ft|m}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.socalregion.com/highways/us_99/us99032/ |title=Virtual tour of U.S. 99 |access-date=2014-04-29 |archive-date=2014-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429061753/http://socalregion.com/highways/us_99/us99032/ |url-status=live }}</ref> near the summit of Tejon Pass.

The pass has a gradual rise from its southern approach of {{convert|1362|ft|m}} at [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]],<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2411819 U.S. Geographic Names Information System, No. 2411819]</ref> but a precipitous descent through Grapevine Canyon toward the San Joaquin Valley on the north, where it ends at [[Grapevine, California|Grapevine]] at {{convert|1499|ft|m}}.<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1660696 U.S. Geographic Names Information System, No. 1660696]</ref>

On its northward slope lies [[Fort Tejon|Fort Tejon State Historic Park]], the site of a former U.S. Army post, first garrisoned on August 10, 1854.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=585 |title=Fort Tejon State Historic Park website |access-date=2011-11-15 |archive-date=2006-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001174424/http://parks.ca.gov//?page_id=585 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The pass actually crosses 3 mountain ranges. The stretch from Lake Hughes Road to State Route 138 crosses the [[Sierra Pelona Mountains]], and goes through the [[Angeles National Forest]] and the section from SR 138 to Grapevine crosses the Tehachapis and the San Emigdios.