List of Sierra Nevada topics
This list is about the Sierra Nevada of California, United States.
Principal mountains[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mount_Whitney_2003-03-25.jpg/220px-Mount_Whitney_2003-03-25.jpg)
Mount Whitney
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 14,094 ft (4296 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
- Johnson Peak, the highest mountain in Tuolumne Meadows
- El Capitan
- Mount Conness
- Mount Dana
- Mount Darwin
- Mount Davis
- Fresno Dome
- Mount Gibbs
- Half Dome
- Mount Hopkins
- Mount Humphreys
- Mount Huntington
- Lembert Dome
- Liberty Cap
- Mount Lyell
- Maggies Peaks
- Mammoth Mountain
- Matterhorn Peak
- The Minarets
- Mount Morgan
- Mount Morrison
- Pyramid Peak
- Red Kaweah
- Red Slate Mountain
- Mount Ritter
- Thunderbolt Peak
- Mount Tom
Subranges[]
Counties in the Sierra[]
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Sonora Peak, highest point in Alpine County
- 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:
Principal rivers[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/San_Joaquin_River_headwaters_2.jpg/220px-San_Joaquin_River_headwaters_2.jpg)
The headwaters of the San Joaquin River
- American River
- Cosumnes River
- Feather River
- Kern River
- Kings River
- Merced River
- Mokelumne River
- Sacramento River
- San Joaquin River
- Stanislaus River
- Truckee River
- Tuolumne River
- Yuba River
Prominent Lakes[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mono_Lake_from_Mount_Dana_%281%29.jpg/220px-Mono_Lake_from_Mount_Dana_%281%29.jpg)
Mono Lake as seen from Mount Dana.
- Lake Tahoe
- Beardsley Lake
- Cherry Lake
- Mono Lake
- New Melones Lake
- Pinecrest Lake
- Tioga Lake
- Twain Harte Lake
Other natural features[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Hetch_Hetchy_May_2011_001.jpg/220px-Hetch_Hetchy_May_2011_001.jpg)
Hetch Hetchy Valley
National parks and monuments[]
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Devils Postpile
North to south:
- Yosemite National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Giant Sequoia National Monument
Eastern side of the Sierra:
National forests[]
Wilderness areas[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ritter_and_banner.jpg/220px-Ritter_and_banner.jpg)
A total of over 3,726,000 acres (15,080 km2) in 26 separate areas[2]
- Ansel Adams
- Bright Star
- Bucks Lake
- Carson-Iceberg
- Chimney Peak
- Desolation
- Dinkey Lakes
- Domeland
- Emigrant
- Golden Trout
- Granite Chief
- Hoover
- Jennie Lakes
- John Krebs
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Kiavah
- Mokelumne
- Monarch
- Mount Rose
- Owens Peak
- Owens River Headwaters
- Sacatar Trail
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon
- South Sierra
- Yosemite
State Parks[]
California[]
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Bodie State Historic Park
- 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
- 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
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
- Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
- South Yuba River State Park
- Stone Lake Park Property
- Sugar Pine Point Light
- Ward Creek Park Property
- Wassama Round House State Historic Park
Nevada[]
- Dayton State Park
- Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park
- Mormon Station State Historic Park
- Washoe Lake State Park
Trails and routes[]
Giant sequoia[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/General_Sherman_tree_looking_up.jpg/170px-General_Sherman_tree_looking_up.jpg)
General Sherman Tree
- General Sherman (tree)
- General Grant (tree)
- President (tree)
- Lincoln (tree)
- Stagg (tree)
- Giant Forest
- Mariposa Grove
- Redwood Mountain Grove
Mountain passes[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/View_from_Forester_Pass.jpg/220px-View_from_Forester_Pass.jpg)
View from Forester Pass
Fires[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg/220px-The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17%2C_2013-0004.jpg)
Rim Fire
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John Muir
- Ansel Adams
- Lafayette Bunnell
- Kit Carson
- Galen Clark
- Norman Clyde
- Francis P. Farquhar
- James Mason Hutchings
- Joseph LeConte
- Joseph Nisbet LeConte
- John Muir
- Jim Savage
- Carl Sharsmith
- Theodore Solomons
- Walter A. Starr, Jr.
- Chief Tenaya
- Snowshoe Thompson
- Josiah Whitney
Relevant list articles[]
- List of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- List of Sierra Nevada road passes
- List of Yosemite destinations
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "California 13,500-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "Wilderness Areas in the Sierra Nevada". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
Categories:
- California geography-related lists
- Indexes of topics by region
- Sierra Nevada (United States)-related lists