This is a complete list of the 12 summits with elevation higher than 14,000 feet (4,267 m) in the U.S. state of California , with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence . In mountaineering parlance , these peaks are known as fourteeners . The main fourteener article has a list of all of the fourteeners in the United States, as well as references, more information about how the list is determined, and caveats about accuracy.
Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada , the State of California , and the contiguous United States .
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level .[lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 2]
The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[1]
The following sortable table comprises the 12 California summits with at least 14,000 feet (4267 meters) of elevation and at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence .
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California summits higher than 14,000 feet
Rank
Mountain Peak
Mountain Range
Elevation
Prominence
Isolation
Location
1
Mount Whitney [2] [3] [4] [lower-alpha 4]
Sierra Nevada
4421 m 14,505 ft 3072 m 10,080 ft 2,650.84
36.5786°N 118.2920°W / 36.5786; -118.2920 (Mount Whitney )
2
Mount Williamson [5] [6] [lower-alpha 5]
Sierra Nevada
4383 m 14,379 ft 511 m 1,676 ft 8.75 km 5.44 mi
36.6559°N 118.3111°W / 36.6559; -118.3111 (Mount Williamson )
3
White Mountain Peak [7] [8] [9] [lower-alpha 6]
White Mountains
4344 m 14,252 ft 2193 m 7,196 ft 108.7 km 67.5 mi
37.6341°N 118.2557°W / 37.6341; -118.2557 (White Mountain Peak )
4
North Palisade [10] [11] [12] [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8]
Sierra Nevada
4343 m 14,248 ft 882 m 2,894 ft 51.9 km 32.3 mi
37.0943°N 118.5145°W / 37.0943; -118.5145 (North Palisade )
5
Mount Shasta [13] [14] [15] [lower-alpha 9]
Cascade Range
4321.8 m 14,179 ft 2979 m 9,772 ft 539 km 335 mi
41.4092°N 122.1949°W / 41.4092; -122.1949 (Mount Shasta )
6
Mount Sill [16] [17] [lower-alpha 10]
Sierra Nevada
4316 m 14,159 ft 114 m 373 ft 1.02 km 0.63 mi
37.0960°N 118.5032°W / 37.0960; -118.5032 (Mount Sill )
7
Mount Russell [18] [19] [lower-alpha 11]
Sierra Nevada
4296 m 14,094 ft 344 m 1,129 ft 1.29 km 0.8 mi
36.5901°N 118.2908°W / 36.5901; -118.2908 (Mount Russell )
8
Split Mountain [20] [21] [22]
Sierra Nevada
4286.6 m 14,064 ft 421 m 1,380 ft 9.92 km 6.16 mi
37.0209°N 118.4224°W / 37.0209; -118.4224 (Split Mountain )
9
Mount Langley [23] [24] [lower-alpha 12]
Sierra Nevada
4277 m 14,032 ft 365 m 1,198 ft 7.05 km 4.38 mi
36.5234°N 118.2395°W / 36.5234; -118.2395 (Mount Langley )
10
Mount Tyndall [25] [26] [lower-alpha 13]
Sierra Nevada
4275 m 14,025 ft 343 m 1,125 ft 2.31 km 1.44 mi
36.6556°N 118.3370°W / 36.6556; -118.3370 (Mount Tyndall )
11
Mount Muir [27] [28] [lower-alpha 14]
Sierra Nevada
4273 m 14,018 ft 101 m 331 ft 0.83 km 0.52 mi
36.5647°N 118.2913°W / 36.5647; -118.2913 (Mount Muir )
12
Middle Palisade [29] [30] [lower-alpha 15]
Sierra Nevada
4273 m 14,018 ft 341 m 1,119 ft 4.17 km 2.59 mi
37.0702°N 118.4691°W / 37.0702; -118.4691 (Middle Palisade )
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If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.