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The Topatopa Mountains are a mountain range in Ventura County, California, north of Ojai, Santa Paula, and Fillmore. They are part of the Transverse Ranges of ...
Hines Peak is a mountain of the Topatopa Mountains, in Ventura County, California, at an elevation of 6,703 feet (2,043 m). [1] It is the second highest peak of the Topatopa Mountains after Cobblestone Mountain. It is located within the Ventura County section of Los Padres National Forest, several miles northeast of Santa Paula. Snow falls on ...
The western Transverse Ranges also include the Topatopa Mountains and the Santa Susana Mountains of Ventura County and Los Angeles County, the Simi Hills, the Santa Monica Mountains that run along the Pacific coast behind Malibu, and whose eastern portion are known as the Hollywood Hills, and the Chalk Hills.
Pyramid Lake is a reservoir formed by Pyramid Dam on Piru Creek in the eastern Topatopa Mountains, near Castaic, Southern California.It is a part of the West Branch California Aqueduct, which is a part of the California State Water Project.
The Ojai Valley lies within the Topatopa Mountains on the north and south and is actively shaped by a web of earthquake faults. [42] The Sisar fault in the valley was the epicenter of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on August 20, 2023. [45] The Santa Ynez Mountains lie to the north, while Sulphur Mountain and the lower Black Mountain lie to the south.
Cobblestone Mountain is a peak in the Topatopa Mountains, in Ventura County, about 14 mi (23 km) north of Piru, California. At 6,738 feet (2,054 m), it is the highest peak of the Topatopa Mountains. Second highest is Hines Peak. [2] Snow frequently falls on the mountain during winter.
The Topatopa Mountains are within the southern Los Padres National Forest. The Sespe Wilderness Area, and the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, are primarily within the Topatopa Mountains and foothills. They are part of the home range of the endangered California condor. The habitat is of the California montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: