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This is a list of highest points in California, in alphabetical order by county.

All elevations use the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), the currently accepted vertical control datum for United States, Canada and Mexico. Elevations are from the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) when available. Others are from the United States Geological Survey topographic maps when available. These can be found on the Peakbagger.com web pages. Elevations followed by a plus sign (+) were interpolated by the compiler using topographic map contour lines. The true elevation is between that shown and the elevation plus the contour line interval which is forty feet in most instances. Elevations from the NGS are rounded to the nearest whole number.

County Name Height
feet / m
Source
Alameda Discovery Peak 3,843+ / 1,171+ PB
Alpine Sonora Peak 11,464 / 3,495 PB
Amador Thunder Mountain 9,414 / 2,869 PB
Butte Butte County High Point 7,124+ / 2,171+ PB
Calaveras Corral Ridge 8,174+ / 2,491+ PB
Colusa Snow Mountain (East Peak) 7,055 / 2,150 NGS
Contra Costa Mount Diablo 3,864 / 1,178 NGS
Del Norte Bear Mountain 6,404+ / 1,952+ PB
El Dorado Freel Peak 10,886 / 3,318 NGS
Fresno North Palisade 14,248 / 4,343 PB
Glenn Black Butte 7,455 / 2,272 NGS
Humboldt Salmon Mountain 6,962 / 2,122 NGS
Imperial Blue Angels Peak 4,552 / 1,387 NGS
Inyo Mount Whitney 14,505 / 4,421 NGS
Kern Sawmill Mountain 8,822 / 2,689 PB
Kings Table Mountain 3,476 / 1,060 PB
Lake Snow Mountain East 7,055 / 2,150 NGS
Lassen Hat Mountain 8,741 / 2,664 PB
Los Angeles Mount San Antonio (Mount Baldy) 10,068 / 3,069 PB
Madera Mount Ritter 13,149 / 4,008 PB
Marin Mount Tamalpais (East Peak) 2,571 / 784 PB
Mariposa Parsons Peak (Northwest Ridge) 12,046+ / 3,672+ PB
Mendocino Anthony Peak 6,960 / 2,121 NGS
Merced Laveaga Peak 3,804 / 1,159 NGS
Modoc Eagle Peak 9,897 / 3,017 NGS
Mono White Mountain Peak 14,252 / 4,344 NGS
Monterey Junipero Serra Peak 5,857 / 1,785 NGS
Napa Mount Saint Helena (East Peak) 4,203+ / 1,281+ PB
Nevada Mount Lola 9,147 / 2,788 NGS
Orange Santiago Peak 5,690 / 1,734 PB
Placer Mount Baldy (West ridge) 9,044+ / 2,756 + PB
Plumas Mount Ingalls 8,376 / 2,553 NGS
Riverside San Jacinto Peak 10,834 / 3,302 NGS
Sacramento Carpenter Hill 831 / 253 PB
San Benito San Benito Mountain 5,267 / 1,605 NGS
San Bernardino San Gorgonio Mountain (Old Grayback) 11,503 / 3,506 PB
San Diego Hot Springs Mountain 6,536 / 1,992 PB
San Francisco Mount Davidson 928+ / 283+ PB
San Joaquin Mount Boardman (North Peak) 3,629 / 1,106 PB
San Luis Obispo Caliente Mountain 5,109 / 1,557 PB
San Mateo Long Ridge 2,603+ / 793+ PB
Santa Barbara Big Pine Mountain 6,803+ / 2,074+ PB
Santa Clara Copernicus Peak 4,360+ / 1,330+ PB
Santa Cruz Mount Bielawski 3,233 / 986 NGS
Shasta Lassen Peak 10,462 / 3,189 NGS
Sierra Mount Lola (North Ridge) 8,848+ / 2,697+ PB
Siskiyou Mount Shasta 14,179 / 4,322 NGS
Solano Mount Vaca 2,822 / 860 PB
Sonoma Cobb Mountain (Southwest Peak) 4,483+ / 1,367+ PB
Stanislaus Mount Stakes 3,810 / 1,161 NGS
Sutter South Butte 2,120+ / 647+ PB
Tehama Brokeoff Mountain 9,239 / 2,816 PB
Trinity Mount Eddy 9,037 / 2,755 NGS
Tulare Mount Whitney 14,505 / 4,421 NGS
Tuolumne Mount Lyell 13,120 / 3,999 NGS
Ventura Mount Pinos 8,847 / 2,697 NGS
Yolo Little Blue Peak 3,123+ / 952+ PB
Yuba Sugar Pine Peak 4,828+ / 1,472+ PB
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