List of highest points in California by county facts for kids
This is a list of highest points in California, in alphabetical order by county.
All elevations use the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), the currently accepted vertical control datum for United States, Canada and Mexico. Elevations are from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) when available. Others are from the United States Geological Survey topographic maps when available. These can be found on the Peakbagger.com web pages. Elevations followed by a plus sign (+) were interpolated by the compiler using topographic map contour lines. The true elevation is between that shown and the elevation plus the contour line interval which is forty feet in most instances. Elevations from the NGS are rounded to the nearest whole number.
| County | Name | Height feet / m |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | Discovery Peak | 3,843+ / 1,171+ | PB |
| Alpine | Sonora Peak | 11,464 / 3,495 | PB |
| Amador | Thunder Mountain | 9,414 / 2,869 | PB |
| Butte | Butte County High Point | 7,124+ / 2,171+ | PB |
| Calaveras | Corral Ridge | 8,174+ / 2,491+ | PB |
| Colusa | Snow Mountain (East Peak) | 7,055 / 2,150 | NGS |
| Contra Costa | Mount Diablo | 3,864 / 1,178 | NGS |
| Del Norte | Bear Mountain | 6,404+ / 1,952+ | PB |
| El Dorado | Freel Peak | 10,886 / 3,318 | NGS |
| Fresno | North Palisade | 14,248 / 4,343 | PB |
| Glenn | Black Butte | 7,455 / 2,272 | NGS |
| Humboldt | Salmon Mountain | 6,962 / 2,122 | NGS |
| Imperial | Blue Angels Peak | 4,552 / 1,387 | NGS |
| Inyo | Mount Whitney | 14,505 / 4,421 | NGS |
| Kern | Sawmill Mountain | 8,822 / 2,689 | PB |
| Kings | Table Mountain | 3,476 / 1,060 | PB |
| Lake | Snow Mountain East | 7,055 / 2,150 | NGS |
| Lassen | Hat Mountain | 8,741 / 2,664 | PB |
| Los Angeles | Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) | 10,068 / 3,069 | PB |
| Madera | Mount Ritter | 13,149 / 4,008 | PB |
| Marin | Mount Tamalpais (East Peak) | 2,571 / 784 | PB |
| Mariposa | Parsons Peak (Northwest Ridge) | 12,046+ / 3,672+ | PB |
| Mendocino | Anthony Peak | 6,960 / 2,121 | NGS |
| Merced | Laveaga Peak | 3,804 / 1,159 | NGS |
| Modoc | Eagle Peak | 9,897 / 3,017 | NGS |
| Mono | White Mountain Peak | 14,252 / 4,344 | NGS |
| Monterey | Junipero Serra Peak | 5,857 / 1,785 | NGS |
| Napa | Mount Saint Helena (East Peak) | 4,203+ / 1,281+ | PB |
| Nevada | Mount Lola | 9,147 / 2,788 | NGS |
| Orange | Santiago Peak | 5,690 / 1,734 | PB |
| Placer | Mount Baldy (West ridge) | 9,044+ / 2,756 + | PB |
| Plumas | Mount Ingalls | 8,376 / 2,553 | NGS |
| Riverside | San Jacinto Peak | 10,834 / 3,302 | NGS |
| Sacramento | Carpenter Hill | 831 / 253 | PB |
| San Benito | San Benito Mountain | 5,267 / 1,605 | NGS |
| San Bernardino | San Gorgonio Mountain (Old Grayback) | 11,503 / 3,506 | PB |
| San Diego | Hot Springs Mountain | 6,536 / 1,992 | PB |
| San Francisco | Mount Davidson | 928+ / 283+ | PB |
| San Joaquin | Mount Boardman (North Peak) | 3,629 / 1,106 | PB |
| San Luis Obispo | Caliente Mountain | 5,109 / 1,557 | PB |
| San Mateo | Long Ridge | 2,603+ / 793+ | PB |
| Santa Barbara | Big Pine Mountain | 6,803+ / 2,074+ | PB |
| Santa Clara | Copernicus Peak | 4,360+ / 1,330+ | PB |
| Santa Cruz | Mount Bielawski | 3,233 / 986 | NGS |
| Shasta | Lassen Peak | 10,462 / 3,189 | NGS |
| Sierra | Mount Lola (North Ridge) | 8,848+ / 2,697+ | PB |
| Siskiyou | Mount Shasta | 14,179 / 4,322 | NGS |
| Solano | Mount Vaca | 2,822 / 860 | PB |
| Sonoma | Cobb Mountain (Southwest Peak) | 4,483+ / 1,367+ | PB |
| Stanislaus | Mount Stakes | 3,810 / 1,161 | NGS |
| Sutter | South Butte | 2,120+ / 647+ | PB |
| Tehama | Brokeoff Mountain | 9,239 / 2,816 | PB |
| Trinity | Mount Eddy | 9,037 / 2,755 | NGS |
| Tulare | Mount Whitney | 14,505 / 4,421 | NGS |
| Tuolumne | Mount Lyell | 13,120 / 3,999 | NGS |
| Ventura | Mount Pinos | 8,847 / 2,697 | NGS |
| Yolo | Little Blue Peak | 3,123+ / 952+ | PB |
| Yuba | Sugar Pine Peak | 4,828+ / 1,472+ | PB |
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