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Peninsular Southern California Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	San Jacinto Peak (10,839 ft/3304 m)
Countries	United States (95%), Mexico (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	California (95%), Baja California (5%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	16,879 sq mi / 43,716 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	131 mi / 211 km North-South 346 mi / 557 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	33° 20' N; 116° 20' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Peninsular Southern California 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 Peninsular Southern California Ranges.

Central and Southern California Ranges	Level 3 (Parent)
Central California Coast Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Transverse Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Peninsular Southern California Ranges	Level 4
Santa Ana Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
San Diego Area Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
San Jacinto Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Joshua Tree Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Chocolate Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Channel Islands	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Peninsular Southern California Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	3304	San Jacinto Mountains
2.	Jean Peak	10,670	3252	San Jacinto Mountains
3.	San Jacinto Azimuth Benchmark	10,560+	3219+	San Jacinto Mountains
4.	Folly Peak	10,480+	3194+	San Jacinto Mountains
5.	Shirley Peak	10,388	3166	San Jacinto Mountains
6.	Marion Mountain	10,362	3158	San Jacinto Mountains
7.	Newton Drury Peak	10,160+	3097+	San Jacinto Mountains
8.	Cornell Peak	9750	2972	San Jacinto Mountains
9.	Harvard Peak	9550	2911	San Jacinto Mountains
10.	Yale Peak	9369	2856	San Jacinto 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	Range5
1.	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	3304	San Jacinto Mountains
2.	Hot Springs Mountain	6533	1991	San Diego Area Ranges
3.	Quail Mountain	5813	1772	Joshua Tree Ranges
4.	Santiago Peak	5687	1733	Santa Ana Mountains
5.	Black Butte	4504	1373	Chocolate Mountains
6.	Devils Peak	2450+	747+	Channel Islands

Photos of Peaks in the Peninsular Southern California Ranges

San Jacinto Peak Troy Nichols at the summit of Mount San Jacinto. Photo by Troy Nichols. Click here for larger-size photo.	Jean Peak The white granite summit of Jean Peak, second highest in the San Jacintos (2015-08-02). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.
San Jacinto Azimuth Benchmark San Jacinto Azimuth Benchmark (2013-09-22). Photo by Michael Sullivan. Click here for larger-size photo.	Folly Peak View from the summit of Folly Peak, left to right, San Jacinto, Jean, Shirley, Marion and Mt Saint Ellens. Register is under the flat rock on the right (2020-08-22). Photo by Rick Sarpolus. Click here for larger-size photo.
Miller Peak The insignificant summit of Miller Peak is marked by a fancy plaque (2015-08-02). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	Marion Mountain An alpenglow over the massive summit of Marion Mountain. Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.
Newton Drury Peak bump in the foreground is Newton Drury peak from the top of Jean peak (2020-07-25). Photo by Christopher Burdorf. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cornell Peak Cornell Peak viewed from Wellman Divide (2008-10-18). Photo by Larry Edmonds. Click here for larger-size photo.
Yale Peak Yale Peak strikes an impressive figure over the Round Valley Trail (2016-12-19). Photo by Nathan Leroy. Click here for larger-size photo.	San Jacinto Wilderness High Point San Jacinto Wilderness High Point (2020-08-17). Photo by Tyler Shumway. Click here for larger-size photo.

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