Double Mountain (California)

Double Mountain
Double Mountain
	Tehachapi Mountain, Double Mountain and Covington Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	7,993 ft (2,436 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	3,821 ft (1,165 m)
Coordinates	35°02′00″N 118°29′12″W / 35.033251128°N 118.486727003°W
Geography
	Double Mountain Location in California Double Mountain Double Mountain (the United States)
Location	Kern County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Tehachapi Mountains
Topo map	USGS Tehachapi South

Double Mountain is the highest point in the Tehachapi Mountains of California. It has two summits of nearly the same elevation. It is south of the town of Tehachapi, Highway 58 and Tehachapi Pass.^[2]^[3] Due to its elevation, the mountain receives snowfall during the winter.^[4]

Natural history

South of Double Mountain the Tehachapi Range has a large rounded crest, whose eastern flank is quite steep.^[5] This crest is the southern terminus of the range of the hybrid Alvord oak, Quercus × alvordiana.^[6]

References

^ "Double". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Double Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^ Tehachapi quadrangle, California (Map). 1:62500. 30x60 Minute Topographic. USGS. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
^ "Subsection M261Es - Tehachapi - Piute Mountains". USDA, Forest Service. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
^ Twisselmann, Ernest C. (1967). A flora of Kern County, California. University of San Francisco. OCLC 678356.
^ Hogan, PhD, C. Michael (2008). Stromberg, N. (ed.). "Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii". GlobalTwitcher.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

External links

"Double Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[ngs-1] "Double". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[pb-2] "Double Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[topo-3] Tehachapi quadrangle, California (Map). 1:62500. 30x60 Minute Topographic. USGS. Retrieved January 4, 2010.

[4] "Subsection M261Es - Tehachapi - Piute Mountains". USDA, Forest Service. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2014.

[5] Twisselmann, Ernest C. (1967). A flora of Kern County, California. University of San Francisco. OCLC 678356.

[6] Hogan, PhD, C. Michael (2008). Stromberg, N. (ed.). "Blue Oak: Quercus douglasii". GlobalTwitcher.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

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