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Geologically, the Diablo Range corresponds to the California Coast Ranges east of the Calaveras Fault in its northern section. For much of its length, it is paralleled by other sections of the California Coast Ranges to the west, the Santa Cruz Mountains across the southern San Francisco Bay and Santa Clara Valley, and the Santa Lucia Range ...
Mount Diablo is a mountain of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. It is south of Clayton and northeast of Danville . It is an isolated upthrust peak of 3,849 feet (1,173 meters), visible from most of the San Francisco Bay Area.
The mountain, which rises to an elevation of 5,267 feet (1,605 m), is the highest point in San Benito County and the Diablo Range. [2] The mountain gets some snowfall during winter. [4] The rock is a chrysotile serpentine, a soft fibrous silicate material. Extreme shearing of the bedrock, combined with soil nutrient imbalances, has resulted in ...
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Devils Peak (or Mount Diablo or Diablo Peak) at 2,429 feet (740 m) is the tallest peak on the Channel Islands of California. It is located on Santa Cruz Island within Channel Islands National Park on land owned by The Nature Conservancy .
Table Mountain is a mountain ridge [2] located in the Diablo Range in Northern California on the boundary between Kings and Monterey counties. It rises to an elevation of 3,476 feet (1,059 m) and is the highest point in Kings County. [1] A large 500 kV power line, connected to Path 15, runs to the north of the summit. A little snow falls on the ...
Bear Mountain (Santa Clara County, California) Big Blue Hills; Black Mountain (Anticline Ridge) Black Mountain (Fresno County, California) Black Mountain (Milpitas, California) Black Mountain (San Benito County, California) Blackbird Valley; Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; Mount Boardman; Brushy Peak; Brushy Peak Regional Preserve; Buck Peak (Diablo ...
Black Mountain, also known as Mount Day, is a mountain in the Diablo Range of eastern Santa Clara County, California, east of Poverty Ridge and Arroyo Hondo, and about 10 miles (16 km) from Milpitas. The peak is one of the highest in area. The northern half of Black Mountain is an oak woodlands while the southern half is barren.