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Sierra Nevada
Mariposa County

Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada region of is its alpine region, covering a large portion of the state's inland territory. Rugged mountains and awe-inspiring canyons in the area's national parks and forests are truly part of the United States' national wilderness treasures.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mount Whitney and Truckee.

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is in the Sierra Nevada range in . At an elevation of 14,505 ft above sea level, it is the highest point in the contiguous United States.

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is a pleasant town of 17,000 people in the region of . Just east of the Donner Pass on Interstate 80, is an easy entry point for travelers from the Bay Area to the region.

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is the largest city in the region of , offering the largest selection of accommodation and services.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Eastern Sierra and Lake Tahoe.

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The is the remote east side of the Sierra Nevada region of . The desert-like yearly rainfalls compete with small streams draining down from the snow-covered mountains to create a barren land with regions of verdant green.

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is a popular vacation and recreation region straddling the border between and . The closest large city is . It is especially popular in the summer and winter.

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is in the Sierra Nevada mountains of . It was originally the largest county in California at the time of statehood in 1850, but over the years was split up to form twelve other counties, giving it the nickname "the Mother of Counties".

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is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Sierra Nevada mountains in east-central . Approximately four million visitors each year come to Yosemite to marvel at its spectacular granite cliffs, towering waterfalls, remote wilderness, massive sequoia trees, and high mountain meadows.

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is located in the sparsely populated east-central part of 's Sierra Nevada mountains. With only 1,200 residents it is California's least-populous county, leading the county's tourism board to advertise "Two people per square mile and you".

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are two national parks in the Sierra Nevada region of . These two adjacent parks offer a variety of mountain and forest scenery.

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The , in and , feature the highest mountain range totally within the of the western United States. While the Sierra Nevada mountains to the west have conventional mountain scenery of the type familiar in advertisements and calendars, the offer a less clichéd experience.

Sierra Nevada

  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range in the Western United States
  • Also known as: “Blaue Berge”, “California Range”, “Cordilleras of California”, “High Sierra”, “Kay-o-pha”, “Santa Lucia Range”, “Sierra Neauados”, “Sierra Neuado”, “Sierra Nevada Mountains”, “Sierra Nevadas”, “Sierra San Marcos”, “Sierras Nevadas”, “Skye Mountains”, “Snowy Mountains”, and “The Sierras”
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude of center
36.58° or 36° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-118.3° or 118° 18′ west
Elevation
14,436 feet (4,400 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5121783821
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
5395648
Wiki­data ID
Q26777
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sierra Nevada” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Albanian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Arabic: “سيرا نيفادا”
  • Arabic: “سييرا نيفادا”
  • Armenian: “Սիեռա Նևադա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Syerra-Nevada (ABŞ)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Syerra-Nevada”
  • Bashkir: “Сьерра-Невада (АҠШ)”
  • Bashkir: “Сьерра-Невада”
  • Basque: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Belarusian: “Сьера Нэвада”
  • Belarusian: “Сьера-Невада”
  • Bengali: “সিয়েরা নেভাদা”
  • Breton: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиера Невада”
  • Catalan: “Serra Nevada”
  • Catalan: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Cebuano: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Chinese: “內華達山脈 (美國)”
  • Chinese: “內華達山脈”
  • Croatian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Czech: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Danish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Danish: “The Sierra Nevadas”
  • Dutch: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Dutch: “Sierras”
  • Dutch: “The Sierra”
  • Dutch: “The Sierras”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سييرا نيفادا”
  • Esperanto: “Montaro Nevado”
  • Esperanto: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Estonian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Finnish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • French: “sierra Nevada”
  • French: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Galician: “Serra Nevada, Estados Unidos de América”
  • Galician: “Serra Nevada”
  • Georgian: “სიერა-ნევადა”
  • German: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Greek: “Σιέρρα Νεβάδα”
  • Hebrew: “סיירה נבדה”
  • Hindi: “सिएरा नेवादा”
  • Hungarian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada (Bandaríkin)”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Sierra Nevada”
  • Indonesian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Irish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Italian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Japanese: “シエラネヴァダ山脈”
  • Japanese: “シエラネバダ山脈”
  • Korean: “시에라네바다 산맥”
  • Korean: “시에라네바다산맥”
  • Latin: “Serra Nivata”
  • Latvian: “Sjerranevada (ASV)”
  • Latvian: “Sjerranevada”
  • Lithuanian: “Siera Nevada”
  • Macedonian: “Сиера Невада”
  • Malay: “Sierra Nevada (Amerika Syarikat)”
  • Malay: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Malayalam: “സിയേറ നെവാഡ”
  • Marathi: “सियेरा नेव्हाडा”
  • Mongolian: “Сьерра Невада нуруу”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sierra Nevada (USA)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sierra Nevada i USA”
  • Norwegian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sierra Nevada”
  • Persian: “رشته کوه نوادا”
  • Persian: “رشتهٔ کوهٔ نوادا”
  • Persian: “سیرا نوادا”
  • Persian: “سیرانوادا”
  • Polish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Portuguese: “Serra Nevada (Estados Unidos)”
  • Portuguese: “Serra Nevada”
  • Portuguese: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Romanian: “Sierra Nevada(S.U.A.)”
  • Romanian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Russian: “Сьерра-Невада”
  • Scots: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beanntan Sierra Nevada”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beantainn Sierra Nevada”
  • Serbian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Serbian: “Сијера Невада”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Slovak: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Slovenian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Spanish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Spanish: “The Sierra”
  • Swahili: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Swedish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Tamil: “சியேரா நிவாடா”
  • Thai: “เซียร์ราเนวาดา”
  • Turkish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьєрра-Невада”
  • Uzbek: “Sierra Nevada (AQSh)”
  • Uzbek: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Venetian: “Siera Nevada”
  • Vietnamese: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sierra Nevada, Estados Unidos”
  • Welsh: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Western Frisian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیرانیوادا”
  • Wu Chinese: “内华达山脉 (美国)”
  • Wu Chinese: “内华达山脉（美国）”
  • Yue Chinese: “內華達山脈”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sierra Nevada”. Photo: Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.