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- For the volcano in the state of Washington, see "Mount St. Helens".
Mount Saint Helena 
Elevation 4,342 ft (1,323 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 1,823 ft (556 m) [2] Listing California County High Points [2] Location Location Sonoma County, California, USA Range Mayacmas Mountains Coordinates 38°40′10″N 122°38′01″W / 38.669340858°N 122.633487528°WCoordinates: 38°40′10″N 122°38′01″W / 38.669340858°N 122.633487528°W[1] Topo map USGS Mount Saint Helena 
Mount Saint HelenaMount Saint Helena (California)Mount Saint Helena is a peak in the Mayacamas Mountains with flanks in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties of California. Composed of uplifted 2.4-million-year-old volcanic rocks from the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, it is one of the few mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area to receive any snowfall during the winter.
The mountain has five peaks, arranged in a rough "M" shape. Its highest point, North Peak, is in Sonoma County. The second-tallest, immediately east of the main summit, is the highest point in Napa County.[3]
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History
Replicas of a plaque left by Russians on Mount Saint Helena
Mount Saint Helena was originally named Mount Mayacamas, but the name was changed after a Russian survey party ascended the peak in 1841 and left a copper plate on the summit inscribed with the date of their visit. The plate also bore the name of Princess Helena de Gagarin, wife of Count Alexander G. Rotchev, the commanding officer of Fort Ross.[4][5]
Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne spent the summer of 1880 honeymooning in an abandoned mining camp on Mount Saint Helena. Stevenson's book The Silverado Squatters includes his experiences while living there.[6]
The peak is reachable by hiking trails leading from Robert Louis Stevenson State Park.[6]
Robert Louis Stevenson monument in Robert Louis Stevenson State ParkThe headwaters of the Napa River are on the southeast slope of Mount Saint Helena.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Helena". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JT2703. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ a b "Mount Saint Helena, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1182. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ "Mount Saint Helena-East Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1183. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
- ^ "Humboldt County, CA History". California Genealogy and History Archives. http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/humboldt/hum1915-ch11.txt. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ "Napa County History". California Genealogy and History Archives. http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/history-napa.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ a b "Mount St. Helena, Robert Louis Stevenson State Park". Greenbelt Alliance. http://www.greenbelt.org/getinvolved/wondersandwanders/sthelena/index.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ "Napa River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:255110. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
External links
- "Mount Saint Helena". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150521. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
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