List of Sierra Nevada topics explained

This list is about the Sierra Nevada of California, United States.

Principal mountains

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
Shuteye Peak
Thunderbolt Peak
Mount Tom

Subranges

Counties in the Sierra

The Carson Range (a spur of the Sierra) extends into Nevada:

Principal rivers

Prominent Lakes

Other natural features

National parks and monuments

North to south:

Eastern side of the Sierra:

Devil's Postpile National Monument

National forests

Wilderness areas

A total of over 3726000acres in 26 separate areas^[2]

State Parks

California

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
Kings Beach State Recreation Area
Lake Valley State Recreation Area
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
South Yuba River State Park
Stone Lake Park Property
Sugar Pine Point Light
Tahoe State Recreation Area
Ward Creek Park Property
Washoe Meadows State Park
Wassama Round House State Historic Park

Nevada

Trails and routes

Giant sequoia

Mountain passes

Fires

Cedar Fire (2003)
Rim Fire (2013)
Thomas Fire (2017)
Mendocino Complex (2018)
August Complex fire (2020)
North Complex Fire (2020)
LNU Lightning Complex fires (2020)
SCU Lightning Complex fires (2020)
SQF Complex (2020)
Creek Fire (2020)
Caldor Fire (2021)
Dixie Fire (2021)
Oak Fire (2022)
Washburn Fire (2022)

People related to the Sierra Nevada

Relevant list articles

Notes and References

21320 . California 13,500-foot Peaks.
Web site: Wilderness Areas in the Sierra Nevada. 2017-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20170927155641/http://www.sierranevadaphotos.com/geography/wilderness_list.asp. 2017-09-27. dead.