Taylor Mountain (Sonoma County, California)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Taylor Mountain
Photo=TaylorMtnEdit2866.jpg
Caption=Taylor Mountain, viewed from the south
Elevation=Convert|1401|ft|m|0|abbr=on
Location=California, USA
Range=Sonoma Mountains
Coordinates=coord|38.400746|-122.6747084|type:mountain_region:US-CA|format=dms|display=inline,titlegnis|236050|Taylor Mountain]
Topographic
USGS Santa Rosa

Taylor Mountain is a summit at the northern extreme of the Sonoma Mountains in the U.S. state of California. The mountain lies in the Laguna de Santa Rosa drainage basin; its east flank drains to Matanzas Creek, a northwestward flowing stream running the length of Bennett Valley, and its west flank drains to Five Creek."Santa Rosa Quadrangle", Fifteen minute series, USGS Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)]

North of Taylor Mountain, Taylor Ridge descends toward the city of Santa Rosa. Some of Santa Rosa's urban expansion is taking place on the eastern slopes of this ridge.Fact|date=December 2007

Taylor Mountain is readily visible from Sonoma Mountain, Bennett Valley, the Santa Rosa Plain and from as far north as the Alexander Valley. [ [http://www.savorwinecountry.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/SAVOR01/60301013/1163/SAVOR02 Visibility of Taylor Peak from the Alexander Valley of Sonoma County] ]

The peak of Taylor Mountain defines (in part) the boundary between the Sonoma Coast AVA and the Sonoma Valley AVA, two Federally-designated grape-growing regions. Wines made from grapes grown on its western slopes would qualify for the Sonoma Coast appellation, wheras those made made from grapes grown on its eastern slopes would qualify for the Sonoma Valley appellation. [Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Sections 9.29 and 9.116.]

ee also

*List of summits in the San Francisco Bay Area
*Miwok
*Spring Creek
*Yulupa Creek

References