Horse Mountain is a high mountain in
Lake County, California
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,163. The county seat is Lakeport. The county takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic fe ...
, United States.
Location
Horse Mountain is in the Northern
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains.
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It is in
Mendocino National Forest in Lake County, California.
It drains into the
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River ( es, Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento–S ...
.
The mountain is to the east of the West Fork of
Middle Creek, and west of the Rice Fork of
Eel River.
It is north of
Elk Mountain Elk Mountain may refer to:
Settlements
* Elk Mountain, Utah, a settlement in the U.S. state of Utah
* Elk Mountain, Wyoming, a settlement in the U.S. state of Wyoming
Summits
*Elk Mountain (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia, Canad ...
in the Middle Creek
drainage basin
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northwest of
Clear Lake.
Physical
Horse Mountain has an elevation of , with a clean prominence of and an isolation of from the unnamed Peak 4712.
This peak in turn has an isolation of from
Board Camp Ridge
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Flat surface
* Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
** Plank (wood)
** Cutting board
** Sounding board, of a musical instrument
* Cardboard (paper product)
* Paperboard
* Fiberboard
** Hardboard, ...
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Horse Mountain is forested, but the summit has been cleared.
It is used for recreation by all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and hikers.
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Mountains of Lake County, California