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    Crown Point is a mountain with a summit elevation of 11,346 feet (3,458 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California...
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  • places Crown Point (Sierra Nevada), a mountain in California Crown Point (Oregon), a basalt promontory on the Columbia River Gorge Crown Point, California...
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  • The Sierra Nevada Alliance is a network of conservation groups encompassing 24 watersheds of the 650 kilometer-long Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada...
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    of 14,505 feet (4,421.2 m). It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and...
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  • Sierra Highway is a portion of US 395 in Bishop. Traversing the extremes of California, from the Mojave Desert to the Sierra Nevada, El Camino Sierra...
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    Alaska Sheep Range, Nevada Shoshone Mountains, Nevada Shoshone Range, Nevada Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada Snake Range, Nevada South Moccasin Mountains...
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    equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of...
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    Comstock Lode (category Mines in Nevada)
    Dayton, Nevada), by a company of Mormon emigrants, one of whom, Abner Blackburn, was their guide. After arriving much too early to cross the Sierra, the...
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  • Systems was renamed Sierra On-Line in 1982, and moved to Oakhurst, California. The "Sierra" name was taken from the Sierra Nevada mountain range that...
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    Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada in California, bounded on the northwest by Yosemite...
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  • The protected areas of the Sierra Nevada, a major mountain range located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, are numerous and highly diverse...
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    Sequoia National Park (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25...
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    Walker Pass (category Mountain passes of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    250 ft (1,600 m)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km)...
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    Coast Ranges in the west, the Nevadan belt in the middle (including the Sierra Nevada), and the Laramide belt in the east (including the Rocky Mountains)...
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    Kings Canyon National Park (category Landforms of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in...
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    Inyo National Forest (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives...
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    Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest (category Protected areas of Sierra County, California)
    other areas west of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain between the two states. The national forest lies in 13 counties in Nevada and 6 in California. The...
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    Tulainyo Lake (category Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California, and one of the highest and largest of the alpine lakes of the Sierra. It lies in a large...
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    Tahoe National Forest (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    of Sierra Buttes, near Sierra City, which has views of Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta. It is located in parts of six counties: Sierra, Placer, Nevada, Yuba...
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    Kettle Peak (category Sierra Nevada (United States))
    mountain with a summit elevation of 11,010 feet (3,356 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States...
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    Grass Valley, California (category Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km)...
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    South Yuba River State Park (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    Park is located along the South Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada, within Nevada County, in Northern California. The park's 22 miles (35 km) portion...
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    John Muir Wilderness (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for 90 miles (140 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964...
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  • The South Sierra Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Southern Sierra Nevada, in eastern California. It is located 65 miles (105 km)...
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    Merced River (category Rivers of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    145-mile (233 km)-long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and...
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    Sequoia National Forest (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia...
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    Ansel Adams Wilderness (category Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada (United States))
    The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans 231,533 acres (93,698 ha); 33...
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    Columbia Mountains, the Interior Mountains, the Interior Plateau, the Sierra Nevada, the Great Basin mountain ranges, and other ranges and various plateaus...
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    Yosemite National Park (category Sierra Nevada (United States))
    blocks in the Sierra Nevada. Its geology is characterized by granite and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted...
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    develop state parks and other natural areas. The park is in the high Sierra Nevada mountain range at an elevation of around 1,900 metres (6,200 ft). It...
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