List of Sierra Nevada topics
This list is about the Sierra Nevada of California, United States.
Principal mountains
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Mount Whitney
List of mountains over 14,000 ft (4250 m) with 300 ft (90 m) of prominence:[1]
- Mount Whitney 14,505 ft (4421 m)
- Mount Williamson 14,403 ft (4390 m)
- North Palisade 14,242 ft (4341 m)
- Mount Sill 14,153 ft (4314 m)
- Mount Russell 14,094 ft (4296 m)
- Split Mountain 14,064 ft (4286 m)
- Mount Langley 14,025 ft (4280 m)
- Mount Tyndall 14,019 ft (4273 m)
- Middle Palisade 14,012 ft (4271 m)
- Mount Muir 14,012 ft (4271 m)
Other notable peaks:
- Mount Baxter
- Black Kaweah
- Castle Peak
- Cathedral Peak
- Johnson Peak, the highest mountain in Tuolumne Meadows
- El Capitan
- Mount Conness
- Mount Dana
- Mount Darwin
- Mount Davis
- Fresno Dome
- Mount Gibbs
- Half Dome
- Mount Hopkins
- Mount Humphreys
- Mount Huntington
- Lembert Dome
- Liberty Cap
- Mount Lyell
- Maggies Peaks
- Mammoth Mountain
- Matterhorn Peak
- The Minarets
- Mount Morgan
- Mount Morrison
- Pyramid Peak
- Red Kaweah
- Red Slate Mountain
- Mount Ritter
- Shuteye Peak
- Thunderbolt Peak
- Mount Tom
Counties in the Sierra
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Sonora Peak, highest point in Alpine County
- Alpine County, California
- Amador County, California
- Butte County, California
- Calaveras County, California
- El Dorado County, California
- Fresno County, California
- Inyo County, California
- Kern County, California
- Madera County, California
- Mariposa County, California
- Mono County, California
- Nevada County, California
- Placer County, California
- Plumas County, California
- Sierra County, California
- Tulare County, California
- Tuolumne County, California
- Yuba County, California
The Carson Range (a spur of the Sierra) extends into Nevada:
Principal rivers
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The headwaters of the San Joaquin River
Prominent Lakes
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Mono Lake as seen from Mount Dana.
Other natural features
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Hetch Hetchy Valley
National parks and monuments
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Devils Postpile
North to south:
- Yosemite National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Giant Sequoia National Monument
Eastern side of the Sierra:
National forests
Wilderness areas
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Mount Ritter and Banner Peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness
A total of over 3,726,000 acres (15,080 km2) in 26 separate areas[2]
- Ansel Adams
- Bright Star
- Bucks Lake
- Carson-Iceberg
- Chimney Peak
- Desolation
- Dinkey Lakes
- Domeland
- Emigrant
- Golden Trout
- Granite Chief
- Hoover
- Jennie Lakes
- John Krebs
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Kiavah
- Mokelumne
- Monarch
- Mount Rose
- Owens Peak
- Owens River Headwaters
- Sacatar Trail
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon
- South Sierra
- Yosemite
State Parks
California
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Bodie State Historic Park
- Auburn State Recreation Area
- Bodie State Historic Park
- Burton Creek State Park
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property
- Columbia State Historic Park
- D. L. Bliss State Park
- Donner Memorial State Park
- Emerald Bay State Park
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
- Grover Hot Springs State Park
- Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
- Kings Beach State Recreation Area
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
- Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
- Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
- Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
- South Yuba River State Park
- Stone Lake Park Property
- Sugar Pine Point Light
- Tahoe State Recreation Area
- Ward Creek Park Property
- Washoe Meadows State Park
- Wassama Round House State Historic Park
Trails and routes
- John Muir Trail
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Four Mile Trail
- Hetch Hetchy to Lake Vernon Trail
- High Sierra Trail
- Independence Trail
- Lower Sagehen Creek Hiking Trail
- Mist Trail
- Mount Whitney Trail
- Sierra High Route
- Silver Knapsack Trail
- Tahoe Rim Trail
- Tahoe–Yosemite Trail
- Theodore Solomons Trail
- Trans-Sierra Highway
Giant sequoia
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General Sherman Tree
Mountain passes
Fires
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Rim Fire
- Cedar Fire (2003)
- Rim Fire (2013)
- Thomas Fire (2017)
- Mendocino Complex (2018)
- August Complex fire (2020)
- North Complex Fire (2020)
- LNU Lightning Complex fires (2020)
- SCU Lightning Complex fires (2020)
- SQF Complex (2020)
- Creek Fire (2020)
- Caldor Fire (2021)
- Dixie Fire (2021)
- Oak Fire (2022)
- Washburn Fire (2022)
People related to the Sierra Nevada
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John Muir
Relevant list articles
See also
References
- "California 13,500-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com.
- "Wilderness Areas in the Sierra Nevada". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
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