Mahnke Peak Explained

Mahnke Peak
Elevation Ft:3652
Prominence Ft:612
Parent Peak:Mount Hannah
Isolation Mi:5.84
Map:California#United States
Coordinates:38.8629°N -122.8544°W
Country:United States
Country Type:Country
State:California
State Type:State
Region:County
Region Type:Mendocino County, California
Range:Mayacamas Mountains
Topo Map:The Geysers O38122g7 1:24,000

Mahnke Peak is a mountain in Mendocino County, California.

Location

Mahnke Peak is in Mendocino County, California, in the Mayacamas Mountains of the northern California Coast Ranges.It is just south of the Mendocino County–Lake County boundary.It is east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek, northwest of Cobb Mountain and south of Kelseyville.

The Köppen climate classification is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.The mountain is named for John Christian Christof Mahnke (1858–1939) and his family, who ran several hundred head of angora goats on this peak for 70 years.There is a small building on top of the peak which has an excellent view of the power plants of The Geysers geothermal field.

Hydrology

The peak borders the Russian River watershed to the west.It is east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek.To the northwest Hoil Creek joins Tyler Creek, a tributary of Pieta Creek, which in turn is a tributary of Russian River.Another stream draining the peak is Hummingbird Creek, which flows south to Squaw Creek, a tributary of Big Sulphur Creek, which is also a tributary of Russian River to the west.

Dimensions

Mahnke Peak is high with a prominence of .It has isolation of from Mount Hannah to the east-northeast.