California Coastal Peak List

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Raoul Mocho compiled the original handwritten version of this peak list.  John Sarna designed the webpage to make this list generally available to the public.


Warning:

The Western States Climbers do not maintain this list, but provide access to it on this webpage for interested parties. This list of peaks was never adopted as an official peak list by any organization, so not many hikers/climbers have had a chance to review and revise this list of peaks for dominance in an area, aesthetics (exceptional views), climbing difficulty, and access.  In addition, no one has developed criteria for significant accomplishments in climbing peaks on this list, so the WSC does not include any entries for this list on its Internet Recognition List of Emblem Holders and List Finishers.

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27 Counties with Coastal Peaks

Information taken and updated from an article in Issue 38 of the Boulder Newsletter.

Note: an * designates the high point of a county

DEL NORTE COUNTY (11)

  1. Gasquet Mtn 2610'
  2. Four Brothers (No. 1) 5237'
  3. Four Brothers (No. 2)
  4. Four Brothers (No. 3)
  5. Four Brothers (No. 4) 5310'
  6. Sawtooth Mtn 5832'
  7. Chimney Rock 5742' (Sacred Peak)
  8. Doctor Rock 4960' (Sacred Peak)
  9. * Bear Mtn 6436'
  10. Twin Peaks 5962'
  11. Wounded Knee Mtn 4778'

SISKIYOU COUNTY (22)

North of Hwy 96

  1. Preston Peak 7309'
  2. Boulder Peak 6030'
  3. Baldy Mtn 5720' (L.O.)
  4. Cottonwood Peak 6628'
  5. Bear Peak 5740'
  6. Lower Devils Peak 5040' (L.O.)
  7. Upper Devils Peak 6041'
  8. Tanners Peak 6610' (trail)
  9. Red Buettes 6739'

South of Hwy 96

  1. Lake Mtn 6886'
  2. China Peak 4808'
  3. Craggy Mtn 5588'
  4. Eddy Gulch 6435' (L.O.)
  5. Cory Peak 7737'
  6. Marble Mtn 6880'
  7. Boulder Peak 8299'
  8. Black Rock 7486'
  9. Kings Castle 7405'
  10. Black Mtn 7580'
  11. Orleans Mtn 6184'
  12. Bear Wallow Peak 6900'
  13. Yellow Dog Peak 7044'

HUMBOLDT COUNTY (15)

North of Hwy 299

  1. Onion Mtn 4748'
  2. Fish Creek Butte 4838'
  3. * Salmon Mtn 6957'
  4. North Trinity Mtn 6342'
  5. Tish Tang Point 4595'
  6. Brannan Mtn 4002'

South of Hwy 299

  1. Grasshopper Peak 3381' (L.O.)
  2. Monument Peak 3188' (Mt. Pierce)
  3. McClellan Mtn 3042'
  4. Bald Jesse 3473'
  5. Iaqua Buttes 3729'

King Range

  1. Chemise Mtn 2596'
  2. Horse Mtn 1929'
  3. Saddle Mtn 3290'
  4. Hadley Peak 3020'
  5. King Peak 4087'

TRINITY COUNTY (31)

North of Hwy 299

  1. * Mt. Eddy 9038'
  2. Thumb Rock 7735'
  3. Yeatapon Peak 7596'
  4. Caribou Mtn 8575'
  5. Black Mtn 8019'
  6. Packers Peak 7828' (trail)
  7. Red Rock Mtn 7853'
  8. Billy's Peak 7343'
  9. Little Granite Peak 8043'
  10. Red Mtn 7928'
  11. Middle Peak 8095'
  12. Gibson Peak 8400'
  13. Seven-Up Peak 8132'
  14. Little Bally 4210'
  15. Weaver Bally 6895' (L.O.)
  16. Monument Peak 7771'
  17. Thompson Peak 9002'
  18. Granite Peak 8091' (L.O.)
  19. Mt. Hilton 8964'
  20. Sawtooth Mtn 8880'
  21. Thurston Peaks 7309'
  22. Pony Mtn 7478'
  23. Scott Mtn 6844'

South of Hwy 299

  1. Black Rock Mtn 7755' (L.O)
  2. Shasta Bally 6209'
  3. Little Bally 5419'
  4. South Fork Mtn 5189'
  5. Shoemaker Bally 5366'
  6. Eagle Creek Peak 4602'
  7. Buckhorn Bally 5053'
  8. North Yolla Bolly 7863'

SHASTA COUNTY (4)

  1. Shirttail Peak 4017'
  2. Bohemutosh Mtn 4432'
  3. Dog Creek Mtn 4502'
  4. Castle Dome 4600' (Castle Crags State Park)

TEHAMA COUNTY (1)

  1. Mt. Linn (8092') in South Yolla Bolly Mtns

MENDOCINO COUNTY (22)

  1. Anthony Peak 6963'
  2. Little Baldy 6209'
  3. Bals Mtn #2 6739'
  4. Monkey Rock 6300'
  5. Bald Mtn 4060'
  6. Brush Mtn 4862'
  7. Black Rock 4003'
  8. Brush Mtn 3761'
  9. Black Oak 3691'
  10. Signal Peak 4115'
  11. Cahto Peak 4234' (L.O.)
  12. Strong Mtn 3242'
  13. Impassable Rocks 2612'
  14. Williams Peak 2783'
  15. Grizzley Peak 2947'
  16. Snow Mtn #2 3225'
  17. Ward Mtn 3068'
  18. Red Rock 3250'
  19. Gube Mtn 2602'
  20. Buck Peak 2376'
  21. Gualala Peak 2210' (L.O.)
  22. Mahnke Peak 3662<

GLENN COUNTY (3)

  1. * Black Butte 7448'
  2. St John Mtn 6743'
  3. Long Point 3482' (L.O.)

LAKE COUNTY (15)

  1. Cobb Mtn 4722'
  2. Brushy Sky High 3195'
  3. Sky Rock 4087'
  4. Bally Peak 2294'
  5. Windy Point 4789'
  6. Harbin Mtn 2582' (above Harbin Hot Springs)
  7. Mt. San Hedrin 6183'
  8. Crockett Peak 6161'
  9. Hull Mtn 6873'
  10. * Snow Mtn East 7056' (in the Snow Mtn Natl Wilderness)

Mt. Konocti

  1. Clark Peak 2850'
  2. Buckingham Peak 3967'
  3. Wright Peak 4299'
  4. Howard Peak 4286'
  5. South Peak 4050'

SONOMA COUNTY (10)

  1. Sonoma Mtn 2463'
  2. Pole Mtn 2204'
  3. * Cobb Mtn West Ridge 4480+'
  4. Bald Mtn 2729' (in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park)
  5. Red Mtn 2530' (in Sugarloaf Ridge State Park)
  6. Bennet Mtn 1887'
  7. Mt. Veeder 2673'
  8. Bismark Knob 2337'
  9. Geyser Peak 3457'
  10. Mt. Hood 2730' (in Mt. Hood Regional Park)
  11. Mount. St. Helena 4343'

NAPA COUNTY (11)

  1. Elkhorn Peak 1330'
  2. Sugar Loaf Mtn 2988'
  3. Mt. George 1877'
  4. * Point 0.3 mi west of Mt. St. Helena 4200'+ (in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park)
  5. Potato Hill 2769'
  6. Sugarloaf Peak 2987'
  7. Mt. St. John 2375'
  8. Atlas Peak 2663' (access is on private land)
  9. Castle Peak 1318'
  10. Devils Head Peak 1112'
  11. Berryessa Peak 3057' (high point of Yolo County)

SOLANO COUNTY (2)

  1. Signal Hill 2394'
  2. * Mt. Vaca 2819'

MARIN COUNTY (6)

  1. Mt. Wittenberg 1407' (in Pt Reyes National Seashore)
  2. Barnabe Mtn 1466' (in Samual P. Taylor State Park)
  3. Pine Mtn 1762'
  4. * Mt. Tamalpais, East Peak 2571' (next to Mt. Tamalpais State Park)
  5. Mt. Tamalpais, West Peak 2604' (next to Mt. Tamalpais State Park)
  6. Mt. Carolyne Livermore 781' (high point of Angel Island State Park)

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY (10)

  1. * Mt. Diablo 3849' (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  2. Devils Pulpit 3480'+ or 3680'+ (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  3. North Pk 3357' (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  4. Mt. Olympia 2946' (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  5. Eagle Peak 2369' (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  6. Black Point 1791' (in Mt. Diablo State Park)
  7. Brushy Peak 1710'
  8. Rose Hill 1507'
  9. Briones Peak 1484'
  10. Vollmer Peak 1913' (in Tilden Regional Park)
  11. Wildcat Peak 1250' (in Tilden Regional Park)

ALAMEDA COUNTY (17)

  1. * "Discovery Peak", 1.4 mi E. of VABM-3817 Rose 3,840'+
  2. Mt. Allison 2658'
  3. Weller Peak 2450'
  4. Mission Peak 2517' (in Mission Peak Regional Preserve)
  5. Monument Peak 2594'
  6. Gossip Rock 948'
  7. Sunol Peak 2197'
  8. Poverty Ridge 3050'
  9. Mt. Rose 3817'
  10. Walpert Peak 1852'
  11. VABM Rose (also called Rose Peak and Forbidden Peak) 3817'
  12. Cedar Mtn 3675'
  13. Maguire Peaks 1688'
  14. Redwood Peak 1619'
  15. Round Top 1761'
  16. Wildcat Peak 1250'
  17. Grizzly Peak 1754'

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY (2)

  1. Twin Peaks 910' (in a San Francisco City Park)
  2. * Mt. Davidson 927'

SAN MATEO COUNTY (5)

  1. Borel Hill 2572'
  2. San Bruno Mtn 1314' (in San Bruno Mtn State and County Park)
  3. Scarper Peak 1952'
  4. Montara Mtn (North Peak) 1898'
  5. Windy Hill Peak 1791'

SANTA CLARA COUNTY (17)

  1. Black Mtn 2810'
  2. El Sombroso 3550'
  3. Mt. Umunhum 3486'
  4. Mt. Loma Prieta 3806'
  5. Nibbs Knob 2694'
  6. Mt. Sizer 3216'
  7. Mt. Lewis 3770'
  8. Mt. Day 3915'
  9. Mt. Black 3869'
  10. Mt. Mocho 3664'
  11. Mt. Isabel 4230'
  12. * Copernicus Peak 4372' (Mt. Hamilton area)
  13. Pyramid Rock 4026'
  14. Mt. Misery 2502'
  15. Mt. Eylar 4089'
  16. Pacheco Peak 2770'
  17. Kickham Peak 2250'

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (2)

  1. Mt. Boardman 3593' (Named Summit, in 4 counties)
  2. * Mt. Boardman 3626' (North Summit)

STANISLAUS COUNTY (4)

  1. Mt. Oso 3347'
  2. Red Mtn 3654'
  3. * Mt. Stakes 3804'
  4. Copper Mtn 2678' (on a Naval Bombing Range)

MERCED COUNTY (8)

(North of Panoche Rd, South of Hwy 152)
  1. * Lavega Peak 3801'
  2. Bonanza 3721'
  3. Ortigalita Peak 3302'
  4. Twin Peaks 3677'
  5. Mt. Ararat 3408'
  6. Spikes Peak 1935'
  7. Mariposa Peak 3468'
  8. Antimony Peak 3300'

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY (4)

  1. Chalk Mtn 1609'
  2. Pine Mtn 2208'
  3. * Mt. Bielawski (Mt. McPhearson) 3231'
  4. Santa Rosalia Mtn 2600'

SAN BENITO COUNTY (24)

  1. Santa Ana Mtn 3112'
  2. Henrietta Peak 3626'
  3. San Joaquin Peak 2877'
  4. Laveaga Peak 3801'
  5. Reinoso Peak 3480'
  6. Fremont Peak 3169'
  7. Mt. Harlan 3262'
  8. McPhails Peak 3335'
  9. Mt. Johnson 3453'
  10. Call Mtn 3943'
  11. North Chalone 3305'
  12. South Chalone 3305' (Pinnacles National Monument)
  13. Scout Peak 2600'+ (Pinnacles National Monument)
  14. Mt. Defiance 2657' (Pinnacles National Monument)
  15. Buck Peak 3534'
  16. Cerro Colorado
  17. Hepsedam Peak 4492'
  18. Laguna Mtn 4520'
  19. Condon Peak 4971'
  20. * San Benito Mtn 5248' (in BLM's San Benito Mtn Natural Area)
  21. Santa Rita Peak 5164' (in BLM's San Benito Mtn Natural Area)
  22. San Carlos Peak 4843'
  23. Griswald Hills 3234'
  24. Cerros Bonito 3584'

FRESNO COUNTY (13)

North of Hwy 198

  1. Kreyenhagen Peak 3558' (by Coalinga Mineral Springs)
  2. Sherman Peak 3848' (Juniper Ridge)
  3. Center Peak 4541'
  4. Twin Peaks 4285'
  5. Joaquin Rocks 3649'
  6. Wright Mtn 4560'
  7. Three Sisters 4209'
  8. Panoche Mtn 2092' (a drive up on BLM land)

South of Hwy 198

  1. Mine Mtn 3674'
  2. Mustang Peak 3617' (3426' USGS)
  3. Castle Mtn 4336'
  4. Penasco Rock 2718' (or Picacho Rock)
  5. Smith Mtn 3947' (L.O.)

MONTEREY COUNTY (17)

  1. Mt. Ollason 1500?' (El Toro County Park)
  2. Eagle Peak 1479?' (El Toro County Park)
  3. Mt. Toro 3560'
  4. Palo Escrito Peak 4465'
  5. Jacks Peak 1068' (Jacks Peak Regional Park
  6. Mt. Carmel 4430'
  7. Uncle Sam Mtn 4781'
  8. Ventana Double Cone 4833'
  9. South Ventana Cone 4965'
  10. Pico Blanco 3710'
  11. Mt. Manuel 3379' (Manuel Peak)
  12. Anderson Peak 4043'
  13. Cone Peak 5155'
  14. * Junipero Serra Peak 5862'
  15. Bear Mtn 5477'
  16. Pinyon Peak 5264'
  17. Mt. Mars 2674'

KINGS COUNTY (4)

(Diablo Range, North of Polonio Pass)
  1. Three Peaks 2629' (Avenal Ridge)
  2. Johnson Peak 2625' (Avenal Ridge)
  3. Garza Peak 2698' (Reef Ridge)
  4. * King VABM 3473' (Table Mtn area)

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (20)

  1. * Caliente Mtn. 5106'
  2. Branch Mtn 3773' (L.O.)
  3. Garcia Mountain 2928'
  4. Machesna Mtn 4054'
  5. Pine Mtn 3777'
  6. Lopez Mtn 2868'
  7. Hi-Mtn Lookout 3180' (Santa Lucia Wilderness)
  8. Valencia Peak 1345' (Montana de Oro State Park)
  9. Oats Peak 1373' (Montana de Oro State Park)
  10. McKittrick Summit 4332' (Temblor Range)
  11. Yeguas Mtn 2976' (Temblor Range)
  12. Cerro Alto 2620'
  13. Pine Mtn 3094' (above Hearst Castle)

The Seven Morros

  1. Alan Peak
  2. Islay Hill
  3. Bishops Peak
  4. Black Hill 665'
  5. Cerro Caprillo
  6. Cerro Romaldo
  7. Cerro San Luis
  8. Hollister Peak (per Joan Buckingham <joan@cerroalto.com>, this 7th Morro is within a permanent ecological reserve surrounded by private property, so it should not be climbed.)

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