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California Cascades

Range Type	Politically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Shasta (14,162 ft/4317 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	California (98%), Oregon (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	7,148 sq mi / 18,514 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	154 mi / 247 km North-South 95 mi / 153 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	41° 2' N; 121° 40' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of California Cascades
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Cascade Range	Level 3 (Parent)
North Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
South Washington Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
Oregon Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
California Cascades	Level 4
Mount Shasta Area	Level 5 (Child)
California Cascades-Central	Level 5 (Child)
Lassen Peak Area	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the California Cascades

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Shasta	14,162	4317	Mount Shasta Area
2.	Mud Creek Glacier Peak	11,267	3434	Mount Shasta Area
3.	Lassen Peak	10,457	3187	Lassen Peak Area
4.	Brokeoff Mountain	9235	2815	Lassen Peak Area
5.	Eagle Peak	9222	2811	Lassen Peak Area
6.	Green Butte	9193	2802	Mount Shasta Area
7.	Mount Diller	9085	2769	Lassen Peak Area
8.	Ski Heil Peak	8920+	2719+	Lassen Peak Area
9.	Pilot Pinnacle	8886	2708	Lassen Peak Area
10.	Mount Helen	8842	2695	Lassen Peak Area
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.	Mount Shasta	14,162	4317	Mount Shasta Area
2.	Lassen Peak	10,457	3187	Lassen Peak Area
3.	Crater Peak	8683	2647	California Cascades-Central

Photos of Peaks in the California Cascades

Mount Shasta A classic view of the east side of Mount Shasta in September. Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Misery Hill Shasta's summit from Misery Hill (1995?). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.
Thumb Rock Thumb Rock (1995?). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shastina Snowboarding down cascade gulch (2015-04-18). Photo by Shawn Burrell. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mud Creek Glacier Peak Mud Creek Glacier Peak from Shastarama Point (2019-10-26). Photo by Bob Sumner. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shastarama Point Shastarama Point from Mud Creek Glacier Peak (2019-10-26). Photo by Bob Sumner. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lassen Peak The volcanic moonscape of the summit crater (1992-08-21).	Lassen Volcanic Wilderness High Point Weather station at the Mt. Lassen High Point (2006-06-14). Photo by Max Rees. Click here for larger-size photo.
Brokeoff Mountain Brokeoff Mountain from the northwest (2015-01-28). Photo by Mike Christiansen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Bumpass Mountain USGS Earthquake Research marker found next to the summit rock of Bumpass Mountain (2016-07-25). Photo by MB Hansen. Click here for larger-size photo.

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