The County Highpoints of California AMADOR CALAVERAS COLUSA CONTRA COSTA EL DORADO GLENN IMPERIAL INYO KERN LAKE LOS ANGELES MARIN MENDOCINO MONO MONTEREY NAPA ORANGE PLACER RIVERSIDE SACRAMENTO SAN BENITO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN MATEO SANTA BARBARA SANTA CLARA SANTA CRUZ SHASTA SOLANO SONOMA TEHAMA TULARE VENTURA • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thunder Mtn Corral Ridge Snow Mtn East Mt Diablo Freel Peak Black Butte Blue Angels Pk Mt Whitney Sawmill Mtn Snow Mtn East Mt San Antonio Mt Tamalpais Anthony Peak White Mtn Peak J'o Serra Peak Mt St. Helena Santiago Peak Granite Chief Mt San Jacinto Carpenter Hill San Benito Mtn Mt San Gorgonio Hot Springs Mtn Mt Davidson Caliente Mtn Long Ridge Big Pine Mtn Copernicus Peak Mt Bielewski Lassen Peak Mount Vaca Cobb Mtn West Brokeoff Mtn Mt Whitney Mt Pinos The Prominence Peaks of California Peaks with at least 2,000 feet of prominence, as listed in Greg Slayden's Site. Many are county highpoints, although as of about 2006 I have started emphasizing the prominence peaks more, especially those in the Mojave Desert. • Whitney (1) • San Jacinto (3) • San Gorgonio (4) • White Mtn Peak (5) • San Antonio (6) • Telescope Peak (7) • Lassen (8) • Pinos (11) • J'o Serra Peak (12) • Santiago Peak (13) • Toro Peak (17) • Tehachapi Mtn (?) • San Benito (28) • Piute Mtn (29) • Breckenridge (35) • Ord Mtn (36) • Cobb Mtn (38) • Freel Peak (41) • Diablo (42) • Copernicus Pk. (45) • Hot Springs (52) • Palomar (55) • Cuyamaca (56) • B. Butte (Ch.) (57) • Baden-Powell (59) • Whipple Mtn (63) • Whale Peak (68) • Snow Mtn. E. (87) • Alamo Mtn (88) • Tamalpais (92) • Burnt Peak (94) • Frazier Peak (95) • Black Butte (96) • Big Maria (116) • Quail Mountain (117) • Eagle Mtn (122) • Caliente Peak (125) • Sandstone (126) • Big Pine Peak (133) • Orocopia Mtn. (143) • Otay Mtn (145) • Reyes Peak (148) • Red Mtn (151) • Santa Ynez (152) • Rodman Mtn (161) Other Interesting Hikes in California • Kelso Sand Dunes • Sinkyone Wilderness • Red Hill (Salton Sea) L I N K S California County Highpoints www.cohp.org California County Highpoints summitpost.org Return To The Main Highpoints Page

California was my home state for 22 years, from when I was just a small boy to just after I graduated college. I climbed Mt. WHitney in August 1992, a mere three weeks before leaving the state for Arizona. Ironically I did not get into climbing the peaks of California until many years later. I worked on the Southern California county highpoints, completing them in 2001. My brother still lives in SoCal, and my sister up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so I have visited them and hiked the highpoints as convenient. I currently have 38 counties completed, but a state completion seems unlikely due to a high number of very restricted, privately-owned highpoints. I am not bothered by this, though. My general plans for California are to peck away at the other counties in the north part of the state, and to start hiking the numerous prominence peaks in the southern part, including the deserts.