Bennett Mountain, also commonly known as Bennett Peak, is a
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in the
Sonoma Mountains of
California. Located on the west edge of
Annadel State Park, it separates
Bennett Valley
Bennett Valley is a northwest- to southeast-trending valley in Sonoma County, California, US, approximately wide in its northwestern portion, where the southeast extremity of Santa Rosa, California is located. The axis of the valley floor sl ...
in the
Russian River drainage basin from
Sonoma Valley in the
Sonoma Creek drainage basin.
Bennett Valley was named for James N. Bennett, an emigrant from Illinois who settled in the area in the 19th century.
The mountain was burned following the
October 2017 Northern California wildfires.
Viticulture
Grapes were planted on Bennett Mountain as early as 1862, when Isaac DeTurk planted at the base of its western slope. By 1878 he was producing of wine from his own and purchased grapes at a winery on Grange and Bennett Valley roads. Since 2003, the summit has formed the eastern edge of the
Bennett Valley AVA.
See also
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Ledson Marsh Ledson Marsh is a freshwater marsh in Annadel State Park east of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California, United States. Located on the east flank of Bennett Mountain, it drains into Schultz Creek, a tributary of Yulupa Creek.
Earthen dam
The ma ...
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List of summits of the San Francisco Bay Area
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Sonoma Mountain
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Taylor Mountain (Sonoma County, California)
References
External links
* {{cite gnis
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Sonoma Mountains
Mountains of Sonoma County, California
Geography of Santa Rosa, California
Mountains of the San Francisco Bay Area
Mountains of Northern California