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Central and Southern California Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	San Gorgonio Mountain (11,499 ft/3505 m)
Countries	United States (98%), Mexico (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	California (98%), Baja California (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	46,875 sq mi / 121,406 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	396 mi / 637 km North-South 455 mi / 732 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	35° 15' N; 119° 60' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central and Southern California Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Central and Southern California Ranges.

Pacific Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Northwest Coast Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Coast Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central and Southern California Ranges	Level 3
Central California Coast Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Transverse Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Peninsular Southern California Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Baja California	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cascade Range	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Nevada	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central and Southern California Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	3505	Transverse Ranges
2.	Jepson Peak	11,205	3415	Transverse Ranges
3.	Big Draw Peak	11,171	3405	Transverse Ranges
4.	Bighorn Mountain	10,997	3352	Transverse Ranges
5.	Dragons Head	10,866	3312	Transverse Ranges
6.	Anderson Peak	10,840+	3304+	Transverse Ranges
7.	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	3304	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
8.	Charlton Peak	10,806	3294	Transverse Ranges
9.	San Bernardino East Peak	10,691	3259	Transverse Ranges
10.	Shields Peak	10,680+	3255+	Transverse Ranges
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	3505	Transverse Ranges
2.	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	3304	Peninsular Southern California Ranges
3.	Junipero Serra Peak	5862	1787	Central California Coast Ranges

Photos of Peaks in the Central and Southern California Ranges

San Gorgonio Mountain From the South Fork Trail at Poop Out Hill (2011-06-22). Photo by Joseph Esparza. Click here for larger-size photo.	Jepson Peak Jepson Peaks East Face (2011-03-12). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.
Dragons Head The precipitous south face of Dragons Head is perhaps the most rugged spot in Southern California. (2013-06-29). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	Anderson Peak Clouds brooding over Anderson Peak - the most topographically prominent peak on the ridge west of San Gorgonio (2017-09-16). Photo by William Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.
San Jacinto Peak Troy Nichols at the summit of Mount San Jacinto. Photo by Troy Nichols. Click here for larger-size photo.	Charlton Peak Charlton peak from the trail to Dollar Saddle (2021-08-15). Photo by Christopher Burdorf. Click here for larger-size photo.
Shields Peak A look up towards the summit of Shields Peak - a nice jumble of rocks (2017-09-16). Photo by William Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Jean Peak The white granite summit of Jean Peak, second highest in the San Jacintos (2015-08-02). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.
San Bernardino Peak Gorgeous trail (2019-06-29). Photo by Olga Ordonez. Click here for larger-size photo.	Alto Diablo Looking toward Gorgonio from the Alto Diablo summit (2019-09-13). Photo by Keith Winston. Click here for larger-size photo.

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