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Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges

Range Type

Bogus mountain grouping for this site

Highest Point

Mount Eddy (9025 ft/2751 m)

Countries

United States

States/Provinces

California (50%), Oregon (31%), Washington (18%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area)

Area

51,709 sq mi / 133,927 sq km
Area may include lowland areas

Extent

730 mi / 1,175 km North-South
163 mi / 262 km East-West

Center Lat/Long

43° 6' N; 123° 54' W

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The Northwest Coast Ranges have very clear boundaries. The northern and southern edges are well defined by two great ocean inlets, the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north and San Francisco Bay to the south. The eastern edge is the continuous lowland trench used by Interstate 5--the Sacramento Valley, the Willamette Valley, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the connecting valleys. To the west, the Northwest Coast Ranges rise almost directly out of the Pacific Ocean for their entire length.

By far the most alpine and spectacular individual range in this grab-bag is the Olympic Mountains of Washington, a knot of dense rainforest and glacier-mantled peaks. Most of the Coast Range of Oregon and California is relatively low but rugged, well-forested terrain, occasionally breaking out of the trees for nice peaks like the Trinity Alps.

Map of Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges.

Pacific Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Northwest Coast Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Coast Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	Level 3
Olympic Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Washington Coastal Hills	Level 4 (Child)
Oregon Coast Range	Level 4 (Child)
Klamath Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Northern California Coast Range	Level 4 (Child)
Central and Southern California Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Baja California	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cascade Range	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Nevada	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	Mount Eddy	9025	2751	Klamath Mountains
2.	Thompson Peak	8994	2741	Klamath Mountains
3.	Mount Hilton	8934	2723	Klamath Mountains
4.	Caesar Peak	8920	2719	Klamath Mountains
5.	Sawtooth Mountain	8891	2710	Klamath Mountains
6.	Wedding Cake	8570	2612	Klamath Mountains
7.	Caribou Mountain	8560+	2609+	Klamath Mountains
8.	China Mountain	8551	2606	Klamath Mountains
9.	Gibson Peak	8399+	2560+	Klamath Mountains
10.	Boulder Peak	8299	2530	Klamath Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	Mount Eddy	9025	2751	Klamath Mountains
2.	South Yolla Bolly Mountain	8094	2467	Northern California Coast Range
3.	Mount Olympus	7969	2429	Olympic Mountains
4.	Mount Bolivar	4319	1316	Oregon Coast Range
5.	Boistfort Peak	3120+	951+	Washington Coastal Hills

Photos of Peaks in the Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges

Mount Eddy Mt. Eddy from Deadfall Lakes (0000). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.	Boulder Peak Boulder Peak rises above Lower Wright Lake. Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Russian Peak Russian Peak from the start of the descent to Bingham Lake (2018-06-23). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	South Yolla Bolly Mountain Looking west along the ridge to the summit of South Yolla Bolly Mountain. (2015-06-06). Photo by Sam Grant. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Olympus Mount Olympus rises spectacularly above the Blue Glacier (1992-08-16).	Mount Olympus-False Summit Ladder and rope in place at slide area just before Glacier Meadows (2014-06-28). Photo by Kristian Kalsing. Click here for larger-size photo.
North Yolla Bolly Mountain Looking down at the USGS benchmark and nearby Peak 2382m from the summit (2017-06-13). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	Black Rock Mountain The decaying lookout on Black Rock Mountain, with North Yolla Bolly in the background (2017-06-13). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Deception Mount Deception, second highest peak in the Olympic Mountains, rises steeply above Royal Basin. Photo by Grant Myers (2011-07-02). Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Olympus-East Peak East Peak Photo by Dale York. Click here for larger-size photo.

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