Horse Mountain is a high mountain in
Lake County, California
Lake County is a County (United States), county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 68,163. The county seat is Lakeport, California, Lakepor ...
, United States.
Location
Horse Mountain is in the Northern
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte County, California, Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Trans ...
.
It is in
Mendocino National Forest
The Mendocino National Forest is located in the California Coast Ranges#Northern Coast Ranges, Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises . It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major paved road ...
in Lake County, California.
It drains into the
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River () 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–San Joaquin River D ...
.
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 in the Middle Creek
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
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.
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