Mahnke Peak
Mahnke Peak is located in California
Mahnke Peak
Mahnke Peak
Mahnke Peak is located in the United States
Mahnke Peak
Mahnke Peak
Highest point
Elevation3,652 ft (1,113 m)
Prominence612 ft (187 m)
Parent peakMount Hannah
Isolation5.84 mi (9.40 km)
Coordinates38°51′46″N 122°51′16″W / 38.862877°N 122.854445°W / 38.862877; -122.854445
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
Mendocino County, CaliforniaCounty
Parent rangeMayacamas Mountains
Topo mapThe Geysers O38122g7 1:24,000

Mahnke Peak is a 3,652 feet (1,113 m) mountain in Mendocino County, California.

Location

Mahnke Peak is in Mendocino County, California, in the Mayacamas Mountains of the northern California Coast Ranges.[1] It is just south of the Mendocino County–Lake County boundary. It is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Cobb Mountain and 8 miles (13 km) south of Kelseyville.[2]

The Köppen climate classification is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.[3] The mountain is named for John Christian Christof Mahnke (1858–1939) and his family, who ran several hundred head of angora goats on this peak for 70 years.[4][2] There is a small building on top of the peak which has an excellent view of the power plants of The Geysers geothermal field.[5]

Hydrology

The peak borders the Russian River watershed to the west.[6] It is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) east-southeast of the heading of Hoil Creek.[2] To the northwest Hoil Creek joins Tyler Creek, a tributary of Pieta Creek, which in turn is a tributary of Russian River. Another stream draining the peak is Hummingbird Creek, which flows south to Squaw Creek, a tributary of Big Sulphur Creek, which is also a tributary of Russian River to the west.[7]

Dimensions

Mahnke Peak is 3,652 feet (1,113 m) high with a prominence of 612 feet (187 m). It has isolation of 5.84 miles (9.40 km) from Mount Hannah to the east-northeast.[1]

Notes

    1. 1 2 Mahnke Peak, California ... Peakbagger.
    2. 1 2 3 Mahnke Peak USGS.
    3. ↑ Mahnke Peak, Mendocino County ... Mindat.
    4. ↑ Bloom 1972, p. 2.
    5. ↑ Sierra Club Lake Group hike 2018.
    6. ↑ Russian River Integrated Coastal Watershed..., p. 16.
    7. ↑ Mahnke Peak ... Google Maps.

    Sources

    • Bloom, Loren A. (1972), "California", Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States July through September 1970, Department of the Interior, US Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2021-05-12
    • "Mahnke Peak, California", Peakbagger, retrieved 2021-05-12
    • "Mahnke Peak", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
    • "Mahnke Peak", Google Maps, retrieved 2021-05-12
    • "Mahnke Peak, Mendocino County, California, United States", Mindat, retrieved 2021-05-12
    • Russian River Integrated Coastal Watershed Management Plan (PDF), Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, June 2012, retrieved 2021-05-12
    • "Sierra Club Lake Group hike", Lake County News, 24 November 2018, retrieved 2021-05-12
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