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Mountains and peaks within Sequoia National Park — located in the Sierra Nevada of California. Pages in category "Mountains of Sequoia National Park" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.
Alta Peak is in Sequoia National Park not far from Giant Forest.Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and Alta Peak appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic map of 1905, [5] and was officially recognized by the Board on Geographic Names in 1928. [6]
The Kaweah Gap (/ k ə ˈ w iː ə /) is the lowest east–west pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. The High Sierra Trail is routed through this pass. [2] The Kaweah Gap is flanked by Mount Stewart to the north and Eagle Scout Peak to the south.
Mount Kaweah (/ k ə ˈ w iː. ə /) is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 ft (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge.
Castle Rocks is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and is set in Sequoia National Park.The highest point of the mountain is unofficially called Amphitheater Dome. [2] [5] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Castle, Dome, and Paradise creeks which are tributaries of the Middle Fork Kaweah River.
Many park visitors enter Sequoia National Park through its southern entrance near the town of Three Rivers at Ash Mountain at 1,700 ft (520 m) elevation. The lower elevations around Ash Mountain contain the only National Park Service-protected California Foothills ecosystem, consisting of blue oak woodlands, foothills chaparral, grasslands, yucca plants, and steep, mild river valleys.
Kaweah Peaks Ridge is a spur of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of California's Sierra Nevada. [3] The ridge is located in Sequoia National Park and is composed of mostly rugged and loose metamorphic rock .
It is situated in Sequoia National Park, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south of Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ranks as the 380th highest summit in California. [ 3 ] Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 3,500 feet (1,100 meters) above Pinto Lake in one mile.