This article is about the mountain range in the Western United States. For other uses, see Sierra Nevada (disambiguation).
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:
- 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
- Carson Range
- Cathedral Range
- Clark Range
- Crystal Range
- Great Western Divide
- Kaweah Peaks Ridge
- Palisades
- Ritter Range
- Sherwin Range
Counties in the Sierra
- Alpine County, California
- Amador County, California
- Butte County, California
- Calaveras County, California
- El Dorado County, California
- Fresno County, California
- Inyo County, California
- Kern County, California
- Madera County, California
- Mariposa County, California
- Mono County, California
- Nevada County, California
- Placer County, California
- Plumas County, California
- Sierra County, California
- Tulare County, California
- Tuolumne County, California
- Yuba County, California
The Carson Range (a spur of the Sierra) extends into Nevada:
Principal rivers
- American River
- Cosumnes River
- Feather River
- Kern River
- Kings River
- Merced River
- Mokelumne River
- Sacramento River
- San Joaquin River
- Stanislaus River
- Truckee River
- Tuolumne River
- Yuba River
Prominent Lakes
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- Lake Tahoe
- Bass Lake
- Beardsley Lake
- Cherry Lake
- Mono Lake
- New Melones Lake
- Pinecrest Lake
- Tioga Lake
- Tulloch Lake
- Twain Harte Lake
Other natural features
- Devil's Postpile
- Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River
- Hetch Hetchy Valley
- Kings Canyon
- Long Valley Caldera
- Owens Valley
- San Joaquin Valley
- Sacramento Valley
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Yosemite Valley
- List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park
National parks and monuments
North to south:
- Yosemite National Park
- Kings Canyon National Park
- Sequoia National Park
- Giant Sequoia National Monument
Eastern side of the Sierra:
National forests
- Eldorado National Forest
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Inyo National Forest
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
- Plumas National Forest
- Sequoia National Forest
- Sierra National Forest
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Tahoe National Forest
Wilderness areas
A total of over 3,726,000 acres (15,080 km) in 26 separate areas
- Ansel Adams
- Bright Star
- Bucks Lake
- Carson-Iceberg
- Chimney Peak
- Desolation
- Dinkey Lakes
- Domeland
- Emigrant
- Golden Trout
- Granite Chief
- Hoover
- Jennie Lakes
- John Krebs
- John Muir
- Kaiser
- Kiavah
- Mokelumne
- Monarch
- Mount Rose
- Owens Peak
- Owens River Headwaters
- Sacatar Trail
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon
- South Sierra
- Yosemite
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
- Dayton State Park
- Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park
- Mormon Station State Historic Park
- Washoe Lake State Park
Trails and routes
- John Muir Trail
- Pacific Crest Trail
- Four Mile Trail
- Hetch Hetchy to Lake Vernon Trail
- High Sierra Trail
- Independence Trail
- Lower Sagehen Creek Hiking Trail
- Mist Trail
- Mount Whitney Trail
- Sierra High Route
- Silver Knapsack Trail
- Tahoe Rim Trail
- Tahoe–Yosemite Trail
- Theodore Solomons Trail
- Trans-Sierra Highway
Giant sequoia
- Converse Basin Grove
- Boole (tree)
- General Sherman (tree)
- General Grant (tree)
- General Noble (tree)
- Giant Forest
- President (tree)
- Lincoln (tree)
- Nelder Grove
- Mariposa Grove
- Mark Twain (tree)
- Stagg (tree)
- Redwood Mountain Grove
Mountain passes
- Carson Pass
- Donner Pass
- Ebbetts Pass
- Forester Pass
- Fredonyer Pass
- Glen Pass
- Morgan Summit
- Muir Pass
- Pacific Grade Summit
- Sherman Pass
- Sonora Pass
- Tehachapi Pass
- Tioga Pass
- Walker Pass
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
- Ansel Adams
- Lafayette Bunnell
- Kit Carson
- Galen Clark
- Norman Clyde
- C.C. Curtis
- Francis P. Farquhar
- James Mason Hutchings
- Joseph LeConte
- Joseph Nisbet LeConte
- John Muir
- Jim Savage
- Carl Sharsmith
- Theodore Solomons
- Walter A. Starr, Jr.
- Chief Tenaya
- Snowshoe Thompson
- Josiah Whitney
Relevant list articles
- List of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- List of Sierra Nevada road passes
- List of Yosemite destinations
See also
References
- "California 13,500-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com.
- "Wilderness Areas in the Sierra Nevada". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.