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Baxter is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. [1] Baxter is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Dutch Flat. [2] It lies at an elevation of 3891 feet (1186 m). [1] Baxter started as a travelers' rest stop on the Lincoln Highway, later US 40. Food, lodging, and gasoline were available at the site, which remained a service stop ...
Elevation: 13,141 ft (4,005 m) ... Mount Baxter is a peak along the crest of the Sierra Nevada in California. Mount Baxter is on the boundary between Kings Canyon ...
Baxter Creek or Stege Creek [1] (also archaically Bishop Creek [1]), is a three-branch creek in Richmond and El Cerrito, California, United States, forming the Baxter Creek watershed. The creek has three sources and flows from the Berkeley Hills to Stege Marsh and the San Francisco Bay. The Baxter Creek watershed at-large has 10 sources. [2]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 1,502 square miles (3,890 km 2), of which 1,407 square miles (3,640 km 2) is land and 95 square miles (250 km 2) (6.4%) is water. [7] Watercourses in Placer County include the American River and Bunch Creek . 40.96% of Lake Tahoe's surface area is in Placer County, more than in any ...
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of California by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
Mount Baxter may refer to: Mount Baxter (California), a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California; Mount Baxter (Antarctica), a mountain in Antarctica;
The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. [2] Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir , it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
Alta (Spanish for "Upper") is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First transcontinental railroad. The ZIP code is 95701 and the area code 530. One of the few ...