Monument Peak is a

mountain peak A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

located southeast of Fremont and northeast of

Milpitas Milpitas (Spanish for "little milpas") is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José Mar� ...

in the East Bay region of the

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Geography

The mountain is part of a ridge in the

Diablo Range The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley ...

that includes Mount Allison and Mission Peak and forms part of the border between Alameda County and

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. The summit of Monument Peak lies just within the southern boundary of

Mission Peak Regional Preserve Mission Peak is a mountain peak located east of Fremont, California. It is the northern summit on a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak. Mission Peak has symbolic importance, and is depicted on the logo of the City of Fremont. I ...

in Alameda County and can be reached from the south via trails originating in Ed R. Levin County Park or from the north via the Bay Area Ridge Trail.

Antenna

Built on July 1, 1988, an antenna on Monument Peak broadcasts channels 36 ( KICU) and 54 ( PBS, KQEH) until January 17, 2018. It is a free-standing structure 605.2 feet (184.4 meters) above ground level. In the image above, the Monument Peak antenna is the tallest one seen (far right). The peak is the point directly right of the antenna. The antenna to the far left is on Mount Allison.

Other Monument Peaks

There are other Monument Peaks in California: *Monument Peak in El Dorado County, near the city of South Lake Tahoe. 10067ft in elevation. Heavenly Mountain Resort operates on the slopes of this mountain. *Monument Peak in Riverside County, in the

Temescal Mountains Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal (Spanish for "sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They extend fo ...

. *Monument Peak in San Diego County, 6,200 ft. in elevation. *Monument Peak in San Bernardino County, a distinctive spire 2379 ft. in elevation, the northernmost point on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

References

External links

* Diablo Range Mountains of Alameda County, California Mountains of Santa Clara County, California Milpitas, California Mountains of the San Francisco Bay Area Mountains of Northern California {{SantaClaraCountyCA-geo-stub