Mount Bielawski or Mount Bielewski (with an e instead of an a) is located in the
Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains ( Mutsun Ohlone: Mak-sah-re-jah, "Sharp Ridged Mountain of the Eagle" or "People of the Eagle Mountain") are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States, constituting a part of the Pacific Coast R ...
of
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
, near the
San Francisco Bay Area
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. The mountain reaches an elevation of just to the southwest of the
Santa Cruz –
Santa Clara county line and
Highway 35
The following highways are numbered 35:
The Karakoram Highway (Urdu language, Urdu: شاہراہ قراقرم, ''Śāhirāh-i Qarāquram''), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (Urdu language, Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۳۵), N-35, and ...
.
It is the highest point in Santa Cruz County. The summit is thickly wooded so offers no views. Snow falls on the mountain some winters.
The mountain is named for Casimir Bielawski who was a chief
draughtsman of the
Surveyor General's office.
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It has, also, been called Mount McPherson.
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Duncan Mc Pherson owned at the top of the mountain in the 1930s and 1940s.
See also
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List of highest points in California by county
This is a list of 58 counties of the U.S. State of California by their points of highest elevation. 6 of the 50 highest county high points in the United States are in California. Mount Whitney, located in Inyo and Tulare counties, is th ...
References
Mountains of Santa Clara County, California
Mountains of Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz Mountains
Mountains of the San Francisco Bay Area
Mountains of Northern California
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