The Highest Mountain in
 Each County of California

 

County

Mountain

Elevation

Comments

Mountain Range

Alameda

Cedar

3,675

 

Diablo

Alpine

Raymond Peak

11,010

Sierra Nevada

Amador

Mokelumne

9,332

 

Sierra Nevada

Butte

Humboldt Peak

7,087

On Plumas County Line

Sierra Nevada

Calaveras

Blue

6,067

 

Sierra Nevada

Colusa

Snow

7,056

On Lake County Line

Coastal Range

Contra Costa

Mt. Diablo

3,849

 

Diablo

Del Norte

Sawtooth

5,781

Siskiyou

El Dorado

Pyramid Peak

9,983

 

Sierra Nevada

Fresno

North Palisade

14,242

Sierra Nevada

Glenn

St. John

6,743

 

Coastal Range

Humboldt

Hupa

4,093

Coastal Range

Imperial

Carrizo

2,408

 

Coyote

Inyo

Mt. Whitney

14,494

Highest Mtn. in CA. & U.S. outside of Alaska

Sierra Nevada

Kern

Breckenridge

7,544

 

Tehachapi

Kings

Garza Peak

2,698

Diablo

Lake

Snow

7,058

 

Coastal Range

Lassen

Lassen Peak

10,457

Volcano last erupted in 1914

Cascade

Los Angeles

Mt. San Antonio

10,064

Also called Mt. Baldy

San Gabriel

Madera

Mt. Ansel Adams

11,760

Sierra Nevada

Marin

Mt. Tamalpais

2,604

In grove of redwoods

Coastal Range

Mariposa

Pettit Peak

10,788

Sierra Nevada

Mendocino

Black Butte

7,450

 

Coastal Range

Merced

Spikes Peak

1,927

Diablo

Modoc

Eagle Peak

9,906

 

Warmer Mts.

Mono

White

14,246

3rd highest Mtn. in CA

White Mts.

Monterey

Junipero Serra

5,844

Highest Mtn. in Southern Coast Range.

Santa Lucia

Napa

Berryessa Peak
Mt. St Helena

3,057
4,349

On Yolo County Line
On Sonoma County Line

Coastal
 RangeMayacamas

Nevada

Castle Peak

9,103

Near Donner Pass

Sierra Nevada

Orange

Santiago Peak

5,687

Also called Saddleback

Santa Ana

Placer

Squaw Peak

8,909

 

Sierra Nevada

 

County

Mountain

Elevation

Comments

Mountain Range

Plumas

Mt. Ingalls

8,372

Sierra Nevada

Riverside

San Jacinto Peak

10,804

2nd highest in Southern California

San Jacinto

Sacramento

**

Very flat area, see Yolo County for information

San Benito

San Benito

5,258

 

Diablo

San Bernardino

San Gorgonio

11,499

Highest mountain. in
Southern California

San Bernardino

San Diego

Cuyamaca Peak

6,512

In state park

Cuyanaca

San Francisco

Mt. Davidson

929

Location of Sutro Forest .

San Joaquin

Eagle

3,033

 

Diablo

San Luis Obispo

Caliente

5,104

Coastal Range

San Mateo

Black

2,750

 

Coastal Range

Santa Barbara

Cuyama

5,875

Sierra Madre

Santa Clara

Mt. Hamilton

4,209

Named for pioneer missionary & superintendent. of schools.
Site of Lick Observatory

Diablo

Santa Cruz

Ben Lomond

2,630

Named for mtn. in Scotland

Santa Cruz

Shasta

Crater Peak

8,677

 

Cascades

Sierra

Sardine Peak

8,134

Sierra Nevada

Siskiyou

Mt. Shasta

14,162

Volcano last erupted in 1786, 6th highest California mountain.

Cascades

Solano

Mt. Vaca

2,819

Vaca Mountains

Sonoma

Mt. St. Helena

4,349

Lake, Sonoma, & Napa Counties meet at this mountain. Russian flag raised here by Russian Princess Helena in June, 1841

Mayacamas

Stanislaus

Mt. Stakes

3,804

Diablo

Sutter

South Butte

2,132

Remains of a volcano

Sutter Buttes

Tehama

S. Yolla Bolly

8,092

Sierra Nevada

Trinity

Thompson

9,002

 

Trinity Alps

Tulare

Mt. Whitney

14,494

On border with Inyo Co.

Sierra Nevada

Tuolumne

Leavitt Peak

11,572

 

Sierra Nevada

Ventura

Mt. Pines

8,831

Temblor

Yolo

Berryessa Peak

3,057

On Napa County Line

Coastal Range

Yuba

Rose Hill

1,104

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