Madulce Peak facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Madulce Peak
Hikers en route to Madulce Peak in 1963. Madulce Peak is the highest point on the left.
Highest point
Elevation	6,539 ft (1,993 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	896 ft (273 m)
Listing	Hundred Peaks Section
Geography
Location	Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.
Parent range	San Rafael Mountains
Topo map	USGS Madulce Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike, Madulce Peak Trail

Madulce Peak is a mountain located in the San Rafael Mountains, in the Transverse Ranges. It is the highest point of the Dick Smith Wilderness. The summit contains an old fire lookout that was constructed in the 1930s, but was burned down in the 1970s.

Name

The mountain was originally named Strawberry Peak by surveyors. Over the years, the name "Madulce" was gradually adopted. The Board on Geographic Names originally believed that "madulce" was the Spanish word for "strawberry". Etymological work done by the United States Forest Service ascertained that the word is actually local farmhand slang for "strawberry", from the Catalan word "maduixa".