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Warren Peak is a 9,710-foot-elevation (2,960 meter) mountain
The Summit Trail traverses the east slope of the peak and provides an approach option. The trail also leads to the most popular destination in the wilderness, Patterson Lake, which lies directly below the summit in the north cirque.
Warren Peak
National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet
Mountains of Modoc County, California North American 2000 m summits Mountains of Northern California Modoc National Forest
summit
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located in Modoc County, California
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Description
Warren Peak ranks as the third-highest summit in the Warner Mountains which are located in the northeast corner of California. The summit is set within theSouth Warner Wilderness
The South Warner Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area east of Alturas, California, United States. It encompasses more than of the Warner Mountains.
It is within the Modoc National Forest and managed by the US Forest Service. Ele ...
on land managed by Modoc National Forest. The remote peak is situated 20 miles east-southeast of Alturas, California, and four miles west of Surprise Valley. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above the valley. Precipitation runoff
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from this mountain drains west into Pine Creek which is a tributary of the South Fork Pit River
The Pit River is a major river draining from northeastern California into the state's Central Valley. The Pit, the Klamath and the Columbia are the only three rivers in the U.S. that cross the Cascade Range.
The longest tributary of the Sacr ...
, and east to Middle Alkali Lake via Owl Creek and Cottonwood Creek. The Summit Trail traverses the east slope of the peak and provides an approach option. The trail also leads to the most popular destination in the wilderness, Patterson Lake, which lies directly below the summit in the north cirque. Whitebark pine
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covers some of the peak's slopes which are composed of volcanic rock.
The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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and the name has appeared in publications since at least 1884.''Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories'', (1884), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 177 The mountain has also been known as "Warren's Peak" and Buck Mountain.
See also
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National Geodetic Survey Data Sheet
Mountains of Modoc County, California North American 2000 m summits Mountains of Northern California Modoc National Forest