It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Pasadena, and 28 miles (45 km) from Los Angeles, along the Angeles Crest Highway.

Both can be widely seen from greater Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, and are popular with hikers.

Strawberry Peak was named by mountaineers over a century ago, who felt the peak resembled an enormous upside-down strawberry.

[4] The peak can be ascended on the east side as a 7.2-mile round-trip trail walk using Strawberry Peak Trail,[5] which begins near the Red Box Picnic Area, or from the west as a class 3 scramble from a trailhead near the entrance to the Switzer Picnic Site.

[6] The area was closed to the public as a result of the Station Fire.