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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:
The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a species of toothed whale native to the Arctic. It is the only member of the genus Monodon and one of two living representatives of the family Monodontidae. The narwhal is a stocky cetacean with a relatively blunt snout, a large melon, and a shallow ridge in place of a dorsal fin.
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. The following list comprises the mountain ranges of U.S. State of California designated by the United States Board on Geographic Names and cataloged in the Geographic Names Information System .
Sierra Nevada mountain beaver, A. r. californica (CDFW special concern; endemic) Point Arena mountain beaver, A. r. nigra (CDFW special concern; endemic) Point Reyes mountain beaver, A. r. phaea (CDFW special concern; endemic) California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae
The Chemehuevi Mountains are a mountain range that are found at the southeast border of San Bernardino County in southeastern California and are adjacent the Colorado River. Located south of Needles, California and northwest of the Whipple Mountains , the mountains are oriented in a north–south direction, and stretch for approximately 15 ...
Elevations range from 2,000 to 11,499 feet (600 to 3505 m). The forest includes seven wilderness areas: [2] San Gorgonio, Cucamonga, San Jacinto, South Fork, Santa Rosa, Cahuilla Mountain and Bighorn Mountain. Forest headquarters are located in the city of San Bernardino. There are district offices in Lytle Creek, Idyllwild, and Fawnskin.
The California condor can occasionally be seen, since the endangered bird was released back into the wild in 1992. The 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2 ) Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary, in the southeastern part of the wilderness, was chosen for its inaccessible terrain, which includes rock ledges favored by condors for nesting sites.
The Marble Mountain Wilderness is a 241,744-acre (978.30 km 2) [3] wilderness area located 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Yreka, California, in the United States. It is managed by the United States Forest Service and is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County . [ 1 ]