Mayacamas Mountains

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The Mayacamas Mountains are located in northwestern California in the United States. The mountain range is part of the Northern Inner Coast Ranges, of the California Coast Ranges System.

Geography

The Mayacamas Mountains are located south of the Mendocino Range, west of Clear Lake, and east of Ukiah in Mendocino and Lake Counties, and extend south into Napa and Sonoma Counties. The range stretches for Script error: No such module "convert".[1] in a northwest–southeasterly direction.

Mountains in the range include:[2]

Name Height Coordinates Notes
ft m
Cobb Mountain 4,720+ 1,439+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mount Saint Helena 4,342 1,323 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Peakbagger places it in the Wine Country Ranges
Mount Konocti 4,299 1,310 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mount Hannah 3,978 1,212 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Cow Mountain 3,920+ 1,195+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Boggs Mountain 3,720+ 1,134+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Seigler Mountain 3,680+ 1,122+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mahnke Peak 3,652 1,113 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Cow Mountain Ridge 3,572 1,089 Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Pyramid Ridge 3,520+ 1,073+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Peak 3480 3,480+ 1,061+ Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Mount Hood 2,733 833 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". More commonly known as Hood Mountain
Bald Mountain 2,730 832 38.2727°N 122.3034°W
Harbin Mountain 2,585 788 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Sub-peak of Boggs Mountain

The range's highest point is Cobb Mountain, at Script error: No such module "convert". in elevation, located in the central section.[3] There are several other peaks over Script error: No such module "convert"., including Mount Saint Helena and Hood Mountain. These peaks are sufficiently high to retain some snow cover in winter.

Several streams rise in the Mayacamas Mountains including Mark West Creek, Sonoma Creek, Calabazas Creek, Arroyo Seco Creek, Putah Creek, and Santa Rosa Creek.

Natural history

Around ten million years ago, during pre-historic times (Miocene), the mountains are thought to have been densely forested in Mendocino Cypress (Cupressus pygmaea).

The Mayacamas Mountains currently support California mixed evergreen forest and California interior chaparral and woodlands habitats.

Naming

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The spelling Mayacamas is listed as an alternate name by the Board of Geographic Names.

Geothermal power

Located in the Mayacamas mountain range is The Geysers, the world's largest and most developed geothermal field. It consists of more than 22 power plants scattered across an area of about 30 square miles (78 km2). The Geysers spans the Lake, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties in California, and provides energy to those counties. The electrical energy is generated when dry steam is pumped from geothermal reservoirs through turbines.

See also

References

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External links

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