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San Rafael Mountain, California

Prominence: 1273 ft, 388 m

Elevation: 6593 feet, 2010 meters

True Isolation: 9.01 mi, 14.5 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 6596 ft / 2011 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	34° 42' 39'' N, 119° 48' 50'' W 34.710922, -119.814015 (Dec Deg) 242280 E 3844592 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Santa Barbara
Links Search Engines - search the web for "San Rafael Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites San Rafael Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com San Rafael Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain San Rafael Mountain: Sierra Club Hundred Peaks Section (Rank #148) Comprehensive Combo Angeles Chapter List (Rank #442) California Wilderness High Points (Rank #63) California Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #547)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 167 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 156) Selected Trip Reports: 1987-04-11 by Frederick Johnson 1989-04-08 by Greg Gerlach 2002-05-19 by Winnette Butler 2004-12-22 by Bob Burd 2006-08-16 by David Montague 2006-12-10 by John Fedak 2009-03-28 by Asher Waxman 2010-05-01 by Amin Faraday 2011-05-30 by Mat Kelliher 2012-04-07 by Kathy Wing 2014-02-20 by Valerie Norton (GPS Track) 2014-03-23 by Mark Lyons 2014-10-04 by Marit Chrislock 2015-05-16 by Mark Lyons 2015-05-23 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track) 2016-10-27 by Valerie Norton (GPS Track) 2016-11-12 by Naresh Satyan (GPS Track) 2017-09-22 by Bruce Craig 2017-11-11 by Michael Dillenback 2017-11-11 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track) 2018-04-15 by Valerie Norton (GPS Track) 2018-09-29 by Eric Chu (GPS Track) 2018-09-29 by Robert Luher (GPS Track) 2021-08-08 by Christopher "Neo" L (GPS Track) 2022-04-10 by Robert May 2022-04-23 by David Sharg (GPS Track) 2022-04-24 by Mat Kelliher 2022-04-24 by Mat's SC leads 2022-07-03 by Mat Kelliher (GPS Track) 2022-07-03 by Sandy Lara 2022-07-03 by Mat's SC leads 2022-07-24 by Christopher "Neo" L
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San Rafael Mountain viewed from McKinley Mountain summit (2021-08-07). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1273 ft/388 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1313 ft/400 m
  Key Col: 5320 ft/1622 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 9.01 mi/14.5 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 34.6967, -119.6567
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Big Pine Mountain  (E)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges
Range4: Transverse Ranges
Range5: San Rafael Mountains

Drainage Basins

Santa Maria
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Santa Ynez
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Los Padres National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: San Rafael Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

San Rafael Mountain O34119f7 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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Other Photos

View West from summit of San Rafael Mountain. Note the thick layer of smoke from the distant Dixie fire. Wildfire smoke smells in the air. (2021-08-08). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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View West and downhill into Manzana Creek Valley. Note smoke layer from distant Dixie fire (2021-08-08). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Patches of Sulphur Buckwheat growing on North and West slopes of San Rafael Mountain (2021-08-08). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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"X" marks the spot for the summit of San Rafael Mountain. Registry can with notepads and pens in the rock pile. (2021-08-08). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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