Mahnke Peak
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Mahnke Peak is a 3,652 feet (1,113 m) mountain in Mendocino County, California.
Location
Mahnke Peak is in Mendocino County, California, in the Mayacamas Mountains of the northern California Coast Ranges.[1] It is just south of the Mendocino County–Lake County boundary. It is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Cobb Mountain and 8 miles (13 km) south of Kelseyville.[2]
The Köppen climate classification is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.[3] The mountain is named for John Christian Christof Mahnke (1858–1939) and his family, who ran several hundred head of angora goats on this peak for 70 years.[4][2] There is a small building on top of the peak which has an excellent view of the power plants of The Geysers geothermal field.[5]
Hydrology
The peak borders the Russian River watershed to the west.[6] It is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek.[2] To the northwest Hoil Creek joins Tyler Creek, a tributary of Pieta Creek, which in turn is a tributary of Russian River. Another stream draining the peak is Hummingbird Creek, which flows south to Squaw Creek, a tributary of Big Sulphur Creek, which is also a tributary of Russian River to the west.[7]
Dimensions
Mahnke Peak is 3,652 feet (1,113 m) high with a prominence of 612 feet (187 m). It has isolation of 5.84 miles (9.40 km) from Mount Hannah to the east-northeast.[1]
Notes
Sources
- Bloom, Loren A. (1972), "California", Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States July through September 1970, Department of the Interior, US Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2021-05-12
- "Mahnke Peak, California", Peakbagger, retrieved 2021-05-12
- "Mahnke Peak", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- "Mahnke Peak", Google Maps, retrieved 2021-05-12
- "Mahnke Peak, Mendocino County, California, United States", Mindat, retrieved 2021-05-12
- Russian River Integrated Coastal Watershed Management Plan (PDF), Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, June 2012, retrieved 2021-05-12
- "Sierra Club Lake Group hike", Lake County News, 24 November 2018, retrieved 2021-05-12
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- Boggs Mountain
- Cobb Mountain
- Cow Mountain
- Cow Mountain Ridge
- Mount Hannah
- Harbin Mountain
- Mount Hood (California)
- Mount Konocti
- Mahnke Peak
- Pyramid Ridge
- Mount Saint Helena
- Seigler Mountain
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