Long Ridge (San Mateo County, California)

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Location= San Mateo County, California, USA
Range=Santa Cruz Mountains
Prominence =120 ft (36 m)
Coordinates = coord|37|16|49|N|122|09|46|W|type:mountain |display=inline
Topographic
USGS "Mindego Hill"
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Long Ridge is a hill located in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The hill rises to an elevation of about Unit ft|2600|0 on private property near Highway 35 and the Santa Clara-San Mateo County borderline.Cite web|title=USGS Mindego Hill (CA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.28035&lon=-122.16276&datum=nad83&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25|accessdate=2008-06-29|publisher=TopoQuest.com] Cite web|title=Long Ridge|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/261661/summitpost.html|accessdate=2007-11-26|publisher=Summitpost.org] The hill is the county highpoint of San Mateo County. A hill to the northeast of Long Ridge rises to Unit ft|2566|0. Some snow falls on the mountain during the winter. [Cite web|title=Subsection 261Af - Santa Cruz Mountains|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/261af.htm|accessdate=2007-11-26|publisher=USDA, Forest Service]

The Long Ridge Open Space Preserve is named for this ridge.

References

;General
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* Suttle, Gary. "California County Summits". Berkeley, Ca.: Wilderness Press, 1994.;Specific

ee also

*List of highest points in California by county

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