How many mountain ranges are there in California and which is the tallest?

Answer 1

The highest Range in California is the Sierra Nevada Range. The highest part of the range is Sequoia/Kings Canyon Np. The range contains every 14,000 foot mountain in the state except for Mount Shasta (Cascade Range) and White Mountain Peak (White Mountains).

Here is a list of every named range in California. Count each range and you have your answer of how many ranges there are in the state.

• Adobe Hills
• Alabama Hills
• Alexander Hills
• Alvord Mountain
• Amargosa Range
• Amedee Mountains
• Antelope Hills
• Argus Range
• Arica Mountains
• Avawatz Mountains
• Bacon Hills
• Bald Hills (Humboldt County)
• Bald Hills (Lassen County)
• Bald Mountain Range
• Baldwin Hills
• The Balls
• Berkeley Hills
• Bernasconi Hills
• Big Blue Hills
• Big Maria Mountains
• Big Valley Mountains
• Bighorn Mountains
• Bird Hills
• Bissell Hills
• Black Hills (Contra Costa County)
• Black Hills (Imperial County)
• Black Hills (Kern County)
• Black Hills (Riverside County)
• Black Hills (San Bernardino County)
• Black Mountains
• Bodie Hills
• Bodie Mountains
• Box Springs Mountains
• Brawley Peaks
• Briones Hills
• Bristol Mountains
• Buena Vista Hills (Kern County)
• Buena Vista Hills (San Diego County)
• Bullion Mountains
• Burnt Hills
• Cady Mountains
• Calico Mountains
• Calico Peaks
• Caliente Range
• Call Mountains
• Calumet Mountains
• Campbell Hills
• Capay Hills
• Cargo Muchacho Mountains
• Carson Range
• Cascade Range
• Casmalia Hills
• Castle Mountains
• Cathedral Range
• Chalk Buttes
• Chalk Hills
• Chalk Mountains
• Chemehuevi Mountains
• Chino Hills
• Chocolate Mountains
• Cholame Hills
• Chowchilla Mountains
• Chuckwalla Mountains
• Ciervo Hills
• Clark Mountain Range
• Clark Range
• Clear Lake Hills
• Clipper Mountains
• Coast Ranges
• Colton Hills
• Confidence Hills
• Coppersmith Hills
• Coso Range
• Cottonwood Mountains (Inyo County)
• Cottonwood Mountains (Lassen County)
• Cottonwood Mountains (Riverside County)
• Coxcomb Mountains
• Coyote Hills (Alameda County)
• Coyote Hills (Plumas County)
• Coyote Mountains
• Crafton Hills
• Crystal Hills
• Crystal Range
• Cuyamaca Mountains
• Darwin Hills
• Deadman Hills
• Dead Mountains
• Devils Hole Hills
• Diablo Range
• Diamond Mountains
• Domenigoni Mountains
• Dominguez Hills
• Dougherty Hills
• Dublin Hills
• Dumont Hills
• Dunnigan Hills
• Eagle Hills
• Eagle Mountains
• East Coyote Hills
• Elk Hills
• Elk Range
• Elkhorn Hills
• El Paso Mountains
• English Hills
• Fenner Hills
• Fish Creek Mountains
• Fletcher Hills
• Flynn Hills
• Fort Sage Mountains
• Four Brothers
• Fry Mountains
• Funeral Mountains
• Gabilan Range
• Granite Mountains
• Grapevine Hills
• Grapevine Mountains
• Gravel Hills
• Gravel Range
• Greenhorn Mountains
• Greenwater Range
• Griswold Hills
• Guijarral Hills
• Hemme Hills
• Hexie Mountains
• Hoodoo Hills
• Horned Toad Hills
• Horse Hills
• Horse Range
• Ibex Hills
• Indio Hills
• In-Ko-Pah Mountains
• Inyo Mountains
• Irish Hills
• Iron Mountains
• Ivanpah Mountains
• Jacalitos Hills
• Jacumba Mountains
• Jamul Mountains
• Jurupa Mountains
• Kalmia Hills
• Kelsey Range
• Kelso Mountains
• Kettleman Hills
• Kilbeck Hills
• Kilgore Hills
• King Range
• Kingston Range
• Kit Fox Hills
• Klamath Mountains
• Kramer Hills
• Kreyenhagen Hills
• La Loma Hills
• La Panza Range
• Laguna Mountains
• Lakeview Mountains
• Larkspur Hills
• Las Aguilas Mountains
• Las Alturas
• Las Colinas
• Las Lomas
• Last Chance Range
• Lava Bed Mountains
• Lava Mountains
• Little Chuckwalla Mountains
• Little Maria Mountains
• Little Mule Mountains
• Little Piute Mountains
• Little San Bernardino Mountains
• Little Signal Hills