Double Mountain (California) Explained

Double Mountain
Elevation Ft:7993
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:3821
Prominence Ref:[2]
Location:Kern County, California, U.S.
Map:California#USA
Map Size:240
Label Position:below
Range:Tehachapi Mountains
Coordinates:35.0333°N -118.4867°W
Topo:USGS Tehachapi South

Double Mountain is the highest point in the Tehachapi Mountains of California. It has two summits of nearly the same elevation. It is south of the town of Tehachapi, Highway 58 and Tehachapi Pass.[2] [3] Due to its elevation, the mountain receives snowfall during the winter.[4]

Natural history

South of Double Mountain the Tehachapi Range has a large rounded crest, whose eastern flank is quite steep.[5] This crest is the southern terminus of the range of the hybrid Alvord oak, Quercus × alvordiana.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. FU3369 . Double . 2009-08-01.
  2. 2905 . Double Mountain, California . 2009-08-01.
  3. . Tehachapi quadrangle, California . 1:62500 . 30x60 Minute Topographic . 2010-01-04 .
  4. Web site: Subsection M261Es - Tehachapi - Piute Mountains . https://web.archive.org/web/20100514114255/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261es.htm . 2010-05-14 . USDA, Forest Service . 2014-02-22 .
  5. Book: Twisselmann , Ernest C. . A flora of Kern County, California . University of San Francisco . 1967 . 678356 .
  6. Web site: C. Michael . Hogan, PhD . Stromberg . N. . Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii . GlobalTwitcher.com . 2008 . 2009-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120228073950/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=85046 . 2012-02-28 .