Desert Peaks List, 99 Peaks

Sponsored by the Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Desert Peaks Section.

The order of peaks is roughly north to south starting in California and is the same as on the official DPS list. Muddy Peak, NV was added to the list in April 2003 by vote of the membership.

Key to column headings:

ID = Sequential numbering. State = State the peak is in. MEX indicates the peak is in Mexico. County = County the peak is in. Status = There are seven Emblem peaks on the list as indicated in this column. Peak or BM Name = The name as shown on the topo map. A Pxxxx ft. with the elevation of the peak if it is not named on the map. Names in parentheses are alternate unofficial names for the peak. CL = The climbing classification of the peak. Prom, ft = The prominence value of the peak in feet. EL,ft = Elevation in feet. EL,m = Elevation in meters. EL = How the elevation is shown on the map. A BM or VABM entry indicates a brass survey monument or benchmark is at the summit. Topo Map (7.5 min.) = The topo map the peak is on.
ID State County Status Peak or BM Name CL Prom, ft EL, ft EL, m EL Topo Map (7.5min)
1 CA Mono   Mount Patterson 1 4173 11673 3558 Spot Mount Patterson
2 CA Mono   P11,140 ft (Glass Mtn Ridge) 1 3210 11140 3396 Spot Glass Mountain
3 NV Esmeralda   Boundary Peak 2 256 13147 4007 BM Boundary Peak
4 CA Mono Emblem Montgomery Peak 2 1261 13441 4097 Spot Boundary Peak
5 CA Mono   Mount Dubois 2 2339 13559 4133 Spot Boundary Peak
6 CA Mono   White Mtn Peak 1 7196 14252 4344 BM White Mtn Peak
7 CA Inyo   Waucoba Mountain 2 3943 11125 3391 BM Waucoba Mtn
8 CA Inyo Emblem Mount Inyo 2 955 10975 3345 Spot New York Butte
9 CA Inyo   Keynot Peak 2 3063 11110 3386 BM New York Butte
10 CA Inyo   New York Butte 1 1168 10668 3252 Spot New York Butte
11 CA Inyo   P9690 ft (Pleasant Point) 1 1150 9690 2954 Spot Cerro Gordo Peak
12 CA Inyo   Galena BM (Nelson Range) 2 1676 7698 2346 BM Nelson Range
13 CA Inyo   Maturango Peak 2 3659 8841 2695 BM Maturango Peak
14 CA Inyo   Argus Peak 2 1662 6562 2000 BM Trona West
15 CA Inyo   Last Chance Mountain 1 2396 8463 2579 BM Last Chance Mtn
16 CA Inyo   Sandy BM (Sandy Point) 1 1642 7070 2155 BM Sand Spring
17 CA Inyo   Dry Mountain 2 3614 8674 2644 BM Dry Mountain
18 CA Inyo   Tin Mountain 2 4013 8961 2731 BM Tin Mountain
19 CA Inyo   Panamint Butte 2 524 6584 2007 Spot Panamint Butte
20 CA Inyo   Tucki Mountain 1 1866 6736 2053 BM Emigrant Canyon
21 CA Inyo Emblem Telescope Peak 1 6188 11043 3366 BM Telescope Peak
22 CA Inyo   Sentinel Peak 1 1574 9637 2938 BM Panamint
23 CA Inyo   Porter Peak 1 521 9101 2774 Spot Panamint
24 CA Inyo   Manly Peak 1(S3) 2553 7195 2193 BM Manly Peak
25 CA Inyo   Needle Peak 2 1652 5804 1769 BM Manly Peak
26 NV Nye   Grapevine Peak 1 4558 8743 2665 BM Grapevine Peak
27 CA Inyo   Mount Palmer 2 738 7958 2426 Spot Grapevine Peak
28 CA Inyo   Corkscrew Peak 2 664 5804 1769 Spot Thimble Peak
29 CA Inyo   Pyramid Peak 2 3723 6707 2044 BM East of Echo Canyon
30 CA Inyo   Smith Mtn 1 1613 5915 1803 BM Gold Valley
31 CA Inyo   Eagle Mountain (#2) 3 1666 3806 1160 BM Eagle Mtn
32 CA Inyo   Brown Peak 2 1684 4947 1508 BM Deadman Pass
33 CA Inyo   Stewart BM (Stewart Point) 2 2394 5265 1605 BM Stewart Valley
34 CA Inyo   Pahrump BM (Pahrump Point) 2 344 5740 1750 BM Twelvemile Spring
35 CA Inyo   Nopah BM (Nopah Range) 2 3589 6394 1949 BM Nopah Peak
36 CA Inyo   Canyon BM (Canyon Point) 1 1110 5890 1795 BM Harris Hill
37 CA San Bernardino   Avawatz BM (Avawatz Mts) 1 3304 6158 1877 BM Sheep Creek Spring
38 CA San Bernardino   Kingston Peak 2 3753 7336 2236 Spot Kingston Peak
39 CA San Bernardino   Clark Mtn 3 4288 7933 2418 BM Clark Mtn
40 CA San Bernardino   New York 2 BM (New York Mts) 3 3349 7536 2297 BM Ivanpah
41 CA San Bernardino   Old Dad Mtn 2 1217 4253 1296 BM Old Dad Mtn
42 CA San Bernardino   Mitchell BM (Mitchell Point) 2 912 7051 2149 BM Fountain Peak
43 CA San Bernardino   Edgar Peak 2 2225 7162 2183 Spot Fountain Peak
44 CA San Bernardino   P2061 m (Granite Mts #1) 2 2808 6762 2061 Spot Bighorn Basin
45 CA San Bernardino   East Ord Mountain 1 1509 6168 1880 Spot Ord Mountain
46 CA San Bernardino   Woman BM (Old Woman Mts) 2 2742 5327 1624 BM Old Woman Statue
47 CA San Bernardino   P1405 m (Sheephole Mts) 2 2231 4610 1405 Inter. Dale Lake
48 CA San Bernardino   P 895 m (Stepladder Mts) 2 712 2936 895 Inter. Stepladder Mountains
49 CA San Bernardino   Chemehuevi Peak 2 1794 3697 1127 BM Chemehuevi Peak
50 CA San Bernardino   P1315 m (Turtle Mts) 2 2690 4314 1315 Inter. Mopah Peaks
51 CA San Bernardino   P1076 m (Mopah Peak) 3 955 3530 1076 Spot Mopah Peaks
52 CA San Bernardino   Axtel BM (Whipple Mts) 1 2800 4132 1259 BM Whipple Mtns SW
53 CA Riverside   Martinez Mountain 2 1702 6560 2006 Inter. Martinez Mtn
54 CA Riverside Emblem Rabbit Peak 2 1240 6660 2030 Inter. Rabbit Peak
55 CA San Diego   Rosa BM (Rosa Point) 2 280 5020 1530 BM(I) Fonts Point
56 CA Riverside   Pinto Mountain 2 1253 3985 1215 BM Pinto Mountain
57 CA Riverside   Eagle Mtn (Eagle Mts #1) 1 2240 5347 1630 BM Hayfield
58 CA Riverside   Orocopia BM (Orocopia Mts) 1 2115 3819 1164 VABM Orocopia Canyon
59 CA Riverside   Black Butte 1 2854 4510 1375 BM Pilot Mountain
60 CA Riverside   Bunch BM (Chuckwalla Mts) 2 1426 3451 1052 BM Chuckwalla Spring
61 CA Riverside   P4480 ft (Spectre Peak) 3 2564 4480 1366 Inter. Cadiz Valley SW
62 CA Riverside   Granite BM (Granite Mts #2) 2 3353 4356 1328 BM Palen Pass
63 CA Riverside   Red Top BM (Palen Mts) 2 2337 3854 1175 BM Palen Mountains
64 CA Riverside   P3381 ft (Big Maria Mts) 1 2348 3381 1031 Spot Big Maria Mts SW
65 CA San Diego   Indianhead 2 760 3980 1213 Inter. Borrego Palm Canyon
66 CA San Diego   Sombrero Peak 2 329 4229 1289 BM Sombrero Peak
67 CA San Diego   Jacumba Mountain 2 1292 4516 1376 VABM Jacumba
68 CA Imperial   Picacho Peak 6 1107 1930 588 Inter. Picacho Peak
69 NV Elko   Ruby Dome 2 4809 11387 3471 Spot Ruby Dome
70 NV White Pine   Wheeler Peak 1 7568 13065 3982 BM Wheeler Peak
71 NV Nye   Arc Dome 1 5233 11780 3591 BM Arc Dome
72 NV Nye   South Summit (Mt Jefferson) 1 5871 11941 3640 BM Mount Jefferson
73 NV Clark   Hayford Peak 1 5412 9912 3021 BM Hayford Peak
74 NV Nye   Mt Stirling 1 1017 8220 2506 BM Mt Stirling
75 NV Clark Emblem Charleston Peak 1 8257 11916 3632 BM Charleston Peak
76 NV Clark   Mummy Mountain 2 816 11528 3514 BM Charleston Peak
77 NV Clark   Potosi Mtn 2 3012 8517 2596 BM Potosi
78 NV Clark   McCullough Mountain 1 2220 7026 2142 BM McCullough Mountain
79 NV Clark   Spirit Mtn 2 2899 5642 1720 VABM Spirit Mtn
80 NV Lincoln   Moapa Peak 3 1691 6471 1972 Spot Moapa Peak
81 NV Clark   Virgin Peak 1 3215 8087 2465 Inter. Virgin Peak
82 NV Clark   P2135 m (Bridge Mountain) 3 722 7005 2135 Inter. La Madre Spring
83 NV Clark   Muddy Peak 2 876 5387 1642 Spot Muddy Peak
84 UT Washington   North Guardian Angel 4 715 7395 2254 Spot The Guardian Angels
85 UT Washington   South Guardian Angel 4 1205 7140 2176 Spot The Guardian Angels
86 UT San Juan   Navajo Mountain 1 4236 10346 3153 BM Navajo Begay
87 AZ Mohave   Mt Tipton 2 3638 7153 2180 BM Mt Tipton
88 AZ Coconino   Humphreys Peak 1 6053 12637 3852 BM Humphreys Peak
89 AZ Pinal   Superstition BM 2 1837 5059 1542 BM Goldfield
90 AZ Pinal   Weavers Needle 4 1013 4553 1388 Spot Weavers Needle
91 AZ Yuma Emblem Signal Peak 2 1395 4882 1488 BM Palm Canyon
92 AZ Yuma   Castle Dome Peak 3 2098 3788 1155 BM Castle Dome Peak
93 AZ Pima   Kino Peak 3 1547 3199 975 BM Kino Peak
94 AZ Pima   Mount Ajo 2 2703 4811 1466 BM Mount Ajo
95 AZ Pima   Baboquivari Peak 4 4204 7734 2357 BM Baboquivari Peak
96 MEX Baja Cal. Norte   P1090 m (Cerro Pescadores) 2 3346 3576 1090 Inter. Sierra Cucapa
97 MEX Baja Cal. Norte   P1530 m (Pico Risco) 3   5020 1530 Inter. Arroyo del Sauz
98 MEX Baja Cal. Norte Emblem El Picacho del Diablo 3 6955 10154 3095 Spot Santa Cruz
99 MEX Sonora   Cerro del Pinacate 1   3970 1210 BM Volcan el Elegante