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 |
3,057 |
On Yolo County Line |
Coastal |
|
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 |
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|
San Benito |
San Benito |
5,258 |
|
Diablo |
|
San Bernardino |
San Gorgonio |
11,499 |
Highest mountain. in |
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. |
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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