Sierra Nevada Mountain Peaks
There are more than 120 mountains peaks in the Sierra Nevada that are over 13,000 feet in elevation.
The highest peak in the lower 48 states is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada -- it is Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet.
The vast majority of the highest peaks are located in clusters in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada range, south of Yosemite National Park. In fact, only three peaks over 13,000 feet occur in the range north of Yosemite. Most of the highest peaks are found near Mt. Whitney or in the area around North Palisade in Kings Canyon National Park.
The peaks over 14,000 feet are pictured in this exhibit.
A table with all the mountain peaks higher than 13,000 feet is also presented.
| Mt. Whitney |
14494 |
| Mt. Williamson |
14375 |
| North Palisade |
14242 |
| Keeler Needle |
14239 |
| Mt. Sill |
14153 |
| Mt. Russell |
14088 |
| Polemonium Peak |
14080 |
| Split Mountain |
14042 |
| Mt. Langley |
14022 |
| Mt. Tyndall |
14019 |
| Middle Palisade |
14012 |
| Mt. Muir |
14012 |
| Thunderbolt Peak |
14003 |
| Mt. Barnard |
13989 |
| Mt. Humphreys |
13986 |
| Mt. Keith |
13976 |
| Mt. Stanford |
13973 |
| Trojan Peak |
13947 |
| Disappointment Peak |
13917 |
| Mt. Agassiz |
13893 |
| Norman Clyde Peak |
13855 |
| Junction Peak |
13845 |
| Mt. Mallory |
13845 |
| Mt. LeConte |
13845 |
| Caltech Peak |
13832 |
| Mt. Kaweah |
13802 |
| Mt. McAdie |
13799 |
| Mt. Irvine |
13779 |
| Mt. Winchell |
13775 |
| Discovery Pinnacle |
13753 |
| Broken Finger Peak |
13748 |
| Mt. Gabb |
13741 |
| Red Kaweah |
13720 |
| Mt. Corcoran |
13714 |
| Mt. Mendel |
13710 |
| Mt. Abbot |
13704 |
| Black Kaweah |
13680 |
| Midway Mountain |
13665 |
| Mt. Tom |
13652 |
| Milestone Mountain |
13638 |
| Table Mountain |
13632 |
| Birch Mountain |
13602 |
| Mt. Dade |
13600 |
| University Peak |
13589 |
| Mt. Brewer |
13569 |
| Mt. Goddard |
13568 |
| Tunnabora Peak |
13563 |
| Mt. Ericsson |
13517 |
| Thunder Mountain |
13517 |
| Mt. Carillon |
13517 |
| Mt. Gayley |
13510 |
| Mt. Fiske |
13503 |
| Mt. Thompson |
13494 |
| Mt. Pinchot |
13494 |
| Mt. Hale |
13494 |
| Mt. Bolton Brown |
13491 |
| Mt. Pickering |
13474 |
| Mt. Mills |
13451 |
| Mt. Versteeg |
13451 |
| Mt. Newcomb |
13422 |
| Mt. Haeckel |
13418 |
| Mt. Lamarck |
13417 |
| Cardinal Mountain |
13396 |
| Mt. Jepson |
13389 |
| Kaweah Queen |
13382 |
| Mt. Darwin |
13381 |
| Mt. Wallace |
13377 |
| Mt. Hilgard |
13361 |
| Mt. Powell |
13360 |
| The Thumb |
13356 |
| Black Giant |
13330 |
| Joe Devel Peak |
13327 |
| Mt. Genevra |
13320 |
| Black Mountain |
13291 |
| Mt. McDuffie |
13282 |
| Deerhorn Mt. |
13281 |
| Royce Peak |
13280 |
| Bear Creek Spire |
13270 |
| Mt. Goethe |
13264 |
| Mt. Bradley |
13264 |
| Gendarme Peak |
13252 |
| South Guard |
13231 |
| Centennial Peak |
13228 |
| North Guard |
13209 |
| Mt. Warlow |
13206 |
| Mt. Emerson |
13204 |
| Mt. Julius Caesar |
13200 |
| Mt. Hitchcock |
13186 |
| Acrodectes Peak |
13182 |
| Basin Mountain |
13181 |
| Striped Mountain |
13179 |
| Mt. Wynne |
13179 |
| Mt. Young |
13176 |
| Mt. Chamberlin |
13169 |
| Mt. Ritter |
13143 |
| Mt. Prater |
13143 |
| Mt. Baxter |
13136 |
| Diamond Peak |
13126 |
| Red Slate Mountain |
13123 |
| Mt. Lyell |
13114 |
| Mt. Gilbert |
13106 |
| Charybdis |
13096 |
| Mt. Huxley |
13086 |
| Mt. Goode |
13085 |
| Mt. Morgan |
13080 |
| Seven Gables |
13080 |
| Mt. Dana |
13057 |
| Mt. Jordan |
13054 |
| Mt. Mary Austin |
13051 |
| Mt. Solomons |
13034 |
| Merriam Peak |
13013 |
| Mt Gould |
13005 |
| Mt. Morgan |
13002 |
Source data: R.J. Secor, The High Sierra (Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1992)
Photo credits
CSU Stanislaus (Keeler Needle); Gordon Jacobs (Middle Palisade, Mt. Sill); John Borden (Mt. Langley); Bruno Averbeck, University of Rochester (Mt. Muir); darwin2K.com (Mt. Russell, Mt. Tyndall); Ansel Adams, U.S. Government, WRA (Mt. Williamson); Gordon Nye (North Palisade, Polemonium Peak); Andre Juan, University of Stockholm (Mt. Whitney); Arun Mahajan (Split Mountain); Ron Karpel (Thunderbolt Peak).
