List of Sierra Nevada topics
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This is a list of Sierra Nevada topics, about the Sierra Nevada of California, USA. Please see Sierra Nevada for alternative meanings. See also: List of guidebooks about the Sierra Nevada.
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[edit] Principal Mountains
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 14,088 ft (4293 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
- El Capitan
- Mount Conness
- Mount Dana
- Mount Darwin
- Mount Davis
- Fresno Dome
- Mount Gibbs
- Half Dome
- Mount Hopkins
- Mount Humphreys
- Lembert Dome
- Liberty Cap
- Mount Lyell
- Maggies Peak
- Mammoth Mountain
- Matterhorn Peak
- The Minarets
- Mount Morgan
- Mount Morrison
- Pyramid Peak
- Red Kaweah
- Red Slate Mountain
- Mount Ritter
- Mount Thunderbolt
- Mount Tom
[edit] Counties in the Sierra
- 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 (often considered part of the Sierra) extends into Nevada:
[edit] Principal rivers and lakes
- American River
- Cosumnes River
- Feather River
- Kern River
- Kings River
- Merced River
- Mokelumne River
- Mono Lake
- Sacramento River
- San Joaquin River
- Stanislaus River
- Lake Tahoe
- Tioga Lake
- Truckee River
- Tuolumne River
- Yuba River
[edit] Other natural features
- Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River
- Hetch Hetchy Valley
- Kings Canyon
- Owens Valley
- San Joaquin Valley
- Sacramento Valley
- Yosemite Valley
See also: List of Yosemite waterfalls
[edit] National parks and monuments
North to south:
- Yosemite National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Giant Sequoia National Monument
Eastern side of the Sierra:
[edit] National forests
- Eldorado National Forest
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
- Plumas National Forest
- Sequoia National Forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Tahoe National Forest
[edit] Wilderness areas
A total of approximately 5300 square miles (13,700 km²):
- Ansel Adams
- Carson-Iceberg
- Chimney Peak
- Desolation
- Dinkey Lakes
- Domeland
- Emigrant
- Golden Trout
- Granite Chief
- Hoover
- Jennie Lakes
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Mokelumne
- Monarch
- Sequoia National Park
- South Sierra
- Yosemite
[edit] State Parks
[edit] California
- 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
- Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point 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
- 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
- Tahoe State Recreation Area
- Ward Creek Park Property
- Washoe Meadows State Park
- Wassama Round House State Historic Park
[edit] Nevada
- Dayton State Park
- Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park
- Mormon Station State Historic Park
- Washoe Lake State Park
[edit] Trails and routes
See also: List of Yosemite destinations
