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Mount Eddy 
Elevation 9,025 ft (2,751 m) NGVD 29[1] Prominence 5,153 ft (1,571 m) [1] Listing Ultra prominent peak
Trinity County high pointLocation Location Siskiyou and Trinity counties, California Range Trinity Alps Coordinates 41°19′12″N 122°28′45″W / 41.3198713°N 122.4791843°WCoordinates: 41°19′12″N 122°28′45″W / 41.3198713°N 122.4791843°W[2] Topo map USGS Mount Eddy Mount Eddy is the highest summit in Trinity Mountains of the Klamath Mountains. This California mountain rises to an elevation of 9,025 feet (2,751 m) west of Mount Shasta City and the massive Mount Shasta volcano. The summit is the highest point in Trinity County and the ninth most prominent peak in California.[1] The mountain receives heavy snowfall during the winter due to its altitude.[3]
The mountain is named in honor of Nelson Harvey Eddy, who arrived in the area from New York State in 1856. He later became a successful rancher in the Shasta Valley. The original, Wintu, name might have been Num-mel-be-le-sas-pam or "west blaze mountain".[4]
Looking south at Mount Eddy
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Mount Eddy, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1139. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Mount Eddy". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:259794. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Subsection M261Aj – Upper Scott Mountains". U.S. Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261aj.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 103.
Categories:- Mountains of Siskiyou County, California
- Mountains of Trinity County, California
- Shasta Cascade geography stubs
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