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Round Top is a 10,381-foot (3,164 m) mountain located on the Sierra crest in Alpine County, California, United States. [3] Its summit is the highest point in Eldorado National Forest and the Mokelumne Wilderness. [1] The mountain lies just south of Carson Pass.
The Pacific Crest Trail, the Tahoe–Yosemite Trail and the Emigrant Summit Trail all cross through the Mokelumne Wilderness. The Emigrant Summit Trail is a designated National Recreation and Historic Trail that follows the western boundary and then passes through the wilderness from Emigrant Valley to Caples Lake.
This landmark of Hope Valley is set in the Mokelumne Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The summit is situated one mile south of Carson Pass and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northeast of line parent Round Top. Elephants Back is a lava dome which was created in association with the now-inactive volcanic vent that is Round Top. [6]
Mokelumne Peak has the largest body of metamorphic rock in the region, called the Mokelumne Peak roof pendant, extending over an area of 15 square miles (39 km 2).These rocks were originally Jurassic or Cretaceous age, but were metamorphosed when plutons of the Sierra Nevada batholith intruded in the Cretaceous.
Round Top Loop Trail circles Round Top's peak. Volcanic Trail, once a quarry haul road, contains most of the stops on the self-guided volcanic tour. Quarry Trail connects the middle of Volcanic Trail to a point lower down on Quarry Road. Pond Trail is a short trail segment that descends to a couple of ponds on the north side of the preserve. [1]
Round Top, a geologic remnant of a former volcano, is the highest point in the wilderness, rising to the south of Carson Pass and overlooking several major V-shaped canyons to the south that cut through the heart of the wilderness. Most notable among those canyons is that of the Mokelumne River.
At a gathering on the trail Dec. 16, Dutchess County Executive William F.X. O’Neil unveiled the trail's new name and announced it is now open for public use year-round.
Round Top Island (Tasmania), Australia Round Top Island National Park; Round Top (Alpine County, California), the highest peak in the Mokelumne Wilderness Round Top (Contra Costa County, California), an extinct volcano in the Berkeley Hills, just east of Oakland