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California Wilderness High Points

Rank	Wilderness	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 4)
50.	Argus Range	Argus Range Wilderness High Point	7720	West Great Basin Ranges
107.	Cleghorn Lakes	Bald Benchmark	4079	Mojave Desert Ranges
27.	Domeland	Bald Mountain-East Shoulder	9360	Southern Sierra Nevada
100.	Ishi	Barkley Mountain-West Slope	4320	California Cascades
125.	Big Maria Mountains	Big Maria Mountains High Point	3381	Mojave Desert Ranges
61.	Dick Smith	Big Pine Mountain	6800	Transverse Ranges
67.	Sanhedrin	Big Signal Peak-East Ridge	6120	Northern California Coast Range
97.	Chuckwalla Mountains	Black Butte	4504	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
83.	El Paso Mountains	Black Mountain	5244	Mojave Desert Ranges
110.	Black Mountain	Black Mountain	3939	Mojave Desert Ranges
40.	Marble Mountain	Boulder Peak	8299	Klamath Mountains
68.	Bright Star	Bright Star Wilderness High Point	6080	Southern Sierra Nevada
113.	Kelso Dunes	Bristol Mountains High Point	3871	Mojave Desert Ranges
118.	Elkhorn Ridge	Brush Mountain	3761	Northern California Coast Range
129.	Cache Creek	Brushy Sky High	3196	Northern California Coast Range
145.	Cadiz Dunes	Cadiz Dunes Wilderness High Point	974	Mojave Desert Ranges
104.	South Fork Eel River	Cahto Peak-North Slope	4160	Northern California Coast Range
77.	Cahuilla Mountain	Cahuilla Mountain	5635	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
57.	Castle Crags	Castle Crags High Point	7200	Klamath Mountains
134.	Cedar Roughs	Cedar Roughs	2368	Northern California Coast Range
65.	Chanchelulla	Chanchelulla Peak	6401	Northern California Coast Range
119.	Chemehuevi Mountains	Chemehuevi Peak	3694	Mojave Desert Ranges
45.	Chimney Peak	Chimney Peak	7994	Southern Sierra Nevada
7.	Golden Trout	Cirque Peak	12,900	Sequoia Sierra Nevada
47.	Mojave	Clark Mountain	7907	Mojave Desert Ranges
96.	Clipper Mountain	Clipper Mountain	4593	Mojave Desert Ranges
52.	Coso Range	Coso Range Wilderness High Point	7581	West Great Basin Ranges
139.	Coyote Mountains	Coyote Mountains Wilderness High Point	1975	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
36.	Thousand Lakes	Crater Peak	8683	California Cascades
75.	Darwin Falls	Darwin Falls Wilderness High Point	5699	West Great Basin Ranges
88.	Golden Valley	Dome Mountain	4974	Mojave Desert Ranges
133.	Fish Creek Mountains	Eagle Benchmark	2371	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
87.	Agua Tibia	Eagle Crag-Southeast Ridge	5080	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
26.	South Warner	Eagle Peak	9892	Northwest Great Basin Ranges
147.	Farallon	Farallon Islands Wilderness High Point	260	Central California Coast Ranges
9.	John Krebs	Florence Peak	12,432	Sequoia Sierra Nevada
80.	Funeral Mountains	Funeral Mountains Wilderness High Point	5320	West Great Basin Ranges
28.	Granite Chief	Granite Chief	9006	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
31.	Granite Mountain	Granite Mountain	8920	West Great Basin Ranges
99.	Palen/McCoy	Granite Mountain	4331	Mojave Desert Ranges
93.	Grass Valley	Grass Valley Wilderness High Point	4681	Mojave Desert Ranges
130.	Santa Lucia	Hi Mountain-Southeast Ridge	3160	Central California Coast Ranges
16.	Monarch	Hogback Peak	11,080	Central Sierra Nevada
90.	Ibex	Ibex Peak	4751	West Great Basin Ranges
74.	Beauty Mountain	Iron Spring Mountain	5755	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
109.	Jacumba	Jacumba Wilderness High Point	4038	Northern Baja California
33.	Piper Mountain	Juniper Benchmark-Northeast Slope	8840	West Great Basin Ranges
72.	Ventana	Junipero Serra Peak	5862	Central California Coast Ranges
23.	Kaiser	Kaiser Peak	10,310	Central Sierra Nevada
106.	King Range	King Peak	4088	Northern California Coast Range
54.	Kingston Range	Kingston Peak	7336	Mojave Desert Ranges
20.	Lassen Volcanic	Lassen Volcanic Wilderness High Point	10,400	California Cascades
76.	Lava Beds	Lava Beds National Monument High Point	5680	California Cascades
11.	Emigrant	Leavitt Peak	11,569	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
137.	Little Chuckwalla Mountains	Little Chuckwalla Mountains High Point	2160	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
108.	Machesna Mountain	Machesna Mountain	4063	Central California Coast Ranges
91.	Magic Mountain	Magic Mountain Wilderness High Point	4705	Transverse Ranges
142.	Little Picacho	Mala Pais Benchmark	1474	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
49.	Malpais Mesa	Malpais Mesa High Point	7731	West Great Basin Ranges
58.	Manly Peak	Manly Peak	7195	West Great Basin Ranges
114.	Trilobite	Marble Mountains High Point	3842	Mojave Desert Ranges
70.	Matilija	Matilija Wilderness High Point	5938	Transverse Ranges
140.	Mecca Hills	Mecca Hills Wilderness High Point	1814	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
81.	Mesquite	Mesquite Wilderness High Point	5266	Mojave Desert Ranges
144.	Picacho Peak	Mica Benchmark	1400	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
22.	Jennie Lakes	Mitchell Peak	10,365	Sequoia Sierra Nevada
111.	Hauser	Morena Butte	3920	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
8.	Hoover	Mount Conness	12,590	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada
38.	Pleasant View Ridge	Mount Lewis	8396	Transverse Ranges
6.	Yosemite	Mount Lyell	13,114	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada
121.	Dead Mountains	Mount Manchester	3600	Mojave Desert Ranges
59.	Bucks Lake	Mount Pleasant	7120	Northern Sierra Nevada
5.	Ansel Adams	Mount Ritter	13,143	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada
24.	Sheep Mountain	Mount San Antonio	10,064	Transverse Ranges
3.	Mount Shasta	Mount Shasta	14,162	California Cascades
94.	Carrizo Gorge	Mount Tule	4647	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
1.	John Muir	Mount Whitney	14,495	Sequoia Sierra Nevada
1.	Sequoia-Kings Canyon	Mount Whitney	14,495	Sequoia Sierra Nevada
143.	Phillip Burton	Mount Wittenberg	1407	Northern California Coast Range
86.	Newberry Mountains	Newberry Mountains High Point	5117	Mojave Desert Ranges
102.	South Nopah Range	Noon Benchmark	4239	South Great Basin Ranges
66.	Nopah Range	Nopah Range High Point	6394	South Great Basin Ranges
146.	North Algodones Dunes	North Algodones Dunes Wilderness High Point	500	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
120.	North Fork	North Fork Wilderness High Point	3607	Northern California Coast Range
92.	North Mesquite Mountains	North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness High Point	4701	Mojave Desert Ranges
10.	South Sierra	Olancha Peak	12,123	Southern Sierra Nevada
112.	Bristol Mountains	Old Dad Mountains High Point	3914	Mojave Desert Ranges
79.	Old Woman Mountains	Old Woman Mountain	5325	Mojave Desert Ranges
116.	Orocopia Mountains	Orocopia Mountains High Point	3815	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
124.	Otay Mountain	Otay Mountain-South Ridge	3480	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
37.	Owens Peak	Owens Peak	8453	Southern Sierra Nevada
85.	Pahrump Valley	Pahrump Valley Wilderness High Point	5151	Mojave Desert Ranges
141.	Palo Verde Mountains	Palo Verde Peak	1760	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
98.	Pine Creek	Pine Creek Wilderness High Point	4424	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
128.	Garcia	Pine Ridge	3200	Central California Coast Ranges
115.	Pinto Mountains	Pinto Mountains Wilderness High Point	3840	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
103.	Piute Mountains	Piute Mountains High Point	4199	Mojave Desert Ranges
55.	Siskiyou	Preston Peak	7309	Klamath Mountains
25.	Desolation	Pyramid Peak	9983	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
73.	Joshua Tree	Quail Mountain	5813	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
137.	Indian Pass	Quartz Peak	2160	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
62.	Red Buttes	Red Butte	6739	Klamath Mountains
39.	Caribou	Red Cinder	8375	California Cascades
53.	Sespe	Reyes Peak	7514	Transverse Ranges
136.	Riverside Mountains	Riverside 2 Benchmark	2254	Mojave Desert Ranges
84.	Rodman Mountains	Rodman Mountains Wilderness High Point	5240	Mojave Desert Ranges
21.	Mokelumne	Round Top	10,381	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
41.	Russian	Russian Peak	8190	Klamath Mountains
33.	Sacatar Trail	Sacatar Trail Wilderness High Point	8840	Southern Sierra Nevada
126.	Bigelow Cholla Garden	Sacramento Mountains High Point	3281	Mojave Desert Ranges
135.	Saddle Peak Hills	Saddle Peak Hills High Point	2280	West Great Basin Ranges
13.	San Gorgonio	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	Transverse Ranges
18.	San Jacinto State Wilderness	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
12.	Owens River Headwaters	San Joaquin Mountain	11,549	Central Sierra Nevada
122.	San Mateo Canyon	San Mateo Canyon Wilderness High Point	3591	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
63.	San Rafael	San Rafael Mountain	6593	Transverse Ranges
35.	Chumash	Sawmill Mountain	8818	Transverse Ranges
69.	Sawtooth Mountains	Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness High Point	5960	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
56.	Kiavah	Scodie Mountain	7294	Southern Sierra Nevada
95.	Sheephole Valley	Sheep Hole Mountains High Point	4613	Mojave Desert Ranges
71.	Mount Lassic	Signal Peak	5876	Northern California Coast Range
117.	Hollow Hills	Silver Lake Benchmark	3773	Mojave Desert Ranges
123.	Silver Peak	Silver Peak	3590	Central California Coast Ranges
60.	Snow Mountain	Snow Mountain	7056	Northern California Coast Range
14.	Carson-Iceberg	Sonora Peak	11,459	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
127.	Pinnacles	South Chalone Peak	3269	Central California Coast Ranges
78.	South Fork San Jacinto	South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	5447	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
42.	Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel	South Yolla Bolly Mountain	8094	Northern California Coast Range
89.	Stateline	Stateline Wilderness High Point	4928	Mojave Desert Ranges
131.	Stepladder Mountains	Stepladder Mountains	2927	Mojave Desert Ranges
81.	Resting Spring Range	Stewart Point	5266	South Great Basin Ranges
48.	Surprise Canyon	Surprise Canyon Wilderness High Point	7770	West Great Basin Ranges
46.	Sylvania Mountains	Sylvania Mountains Wilderness High Point	7970	West Great Basin Ranges
32.	San Jacinto	Tahquitz Peak	8846	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
30.	Cucamonga	Telegraph Peak	8985	Transverse Ranges
17.	Death Valley	Telescope Peak	11,048	West Great Basin Ranges
29.	Trinity Alps	Thompson Peak	8994	Klamath Mountains
19.	Dinkey Lakes	Three Sisters	10,612	Central Sierra Nevada
51.	Bighorn Mountain	Tip Top Mountain	7623	Transverse Ranges
44.	Santa Rosa	Toro Peak-North Summit	8000	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
101.	Turtle Mountains	Turtle Mountains High Point	4298	Mojave Desert Ranges
43.	San Gabriel	Waterman Mountain	8038	Transverse Ranges
15.	Inyo Mountains	Waucoba Mountain	11,123	West Great Basin Ranges
132.	Rice Valley	West Maria Benchmark	2887	Mojave Desert Ranges
105.	Whipple Mountains	Whipple Mountains High Point	4130	Mojave Desert Ranges
4.	White Mountains	White Mountains Wilderness High Point	14,080	West Great Basin Ranges
64.	Yuki	Yuki Wilderness High Point	6520	Northern California Coast Range

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List Description

California has more wilderness areas than any other state--148--and they include areas in every major mountain range between Mexico and Oregon. Many famous peaks are on this list, but it also includes many "liners" near summits, where the summit area has a road or radio tower, forcing the wilderness boundary and high point to a random slope point.

Also, note that there are two wilderness areas in California that are closed to public entry. The first is the Fallaron Islands, and the second is the Rocks and Islands wilderness off the northern coast. This latter area is largely marine and I could not find any discernable high point on its tiny offshore rocks, so it is not listed here, making the list total 147.

There are also two wilderness areas (Havasu and Imperial Refuge) located parly in California and party in Arizona, and their high points are in Arizona. They are not on this list either--see the Arizona Wilderness High Point List on this site for these peaks.

Acknowledgments

A big thank you to Daryn Dodge, who researched many of these points and supplied a detailed Excel file that allowed me to easily update the preliminary list of 75 peaks that was here. Appreciate it, Daryn!

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