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Mount Saint Helena

Mountain in California, United States

Summary

Mountain in California, United States

Field	Value
name	Mount Saint Helena
photo	File:Mount Saint Helena, viewed from Napa Valley.JPG
photo_caption	Mount Saint Helena, viewed from northern Napa Valley
elevation_ft	4342
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	1823
prominence_ref
listing	California county high points 44th
location	Sonoma County, California, U.S.
range	Mayacamas Mountains
map	USA California Northern
label_position	right
map_size	220
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS Mount Saint Helena
easiest_route	Hiking trail

the mountain in California

Mount Saint Helena (Wappo: Kanamota, "Human Mountain"){{Cite web | access-date = 2012-08-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120208151926/http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/wappo/pages/language.html | archive-date = 2012-02-08 | url-status = dead

The mountain has five peaks, arranged in a rough "M" shape. Its highest point, North Peak, is in Sonoma County. The second-tallest, immediately east of the main summit, is the highest point in Napa County. The headwaters of the Napa River arise on the southeast slope of Mount Saint Helena.

History

Replicas of a plaque left by Russians on Mount Saint Helena

Mount Saint Helena has had an explosive history of pyroclastic flows that resulted in California's Petrified Forest.

Mount Saint Helena, originally named Kanamota ("Human Mountain") by the Wappo, and later Mount Mayacamas by Spanish colonists, was renamed by a Russian survey party who ascended the peak in 1841. They left a copper plate on the summit inscribed with the date of their visit and the name of Princess Helena de Gagarin, wife of Alexander G. Rotchev, the commanding officer of Fort Ross.{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110110061230/http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/humboldt/hum1915-ch11.txt | url-status = usurped | archive-date = January 10, 2011 | access-date = 2009-08-14 }}{{cite web | access-date = 2009-08-14 | url-status = usurped

The peak is accessible by hiking trails leading from Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. The trails are approximately 6 mi long.

Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne spent the summer of 1880 honeymooning in an abandoned mining camp on Mount Saint Helena. Stevenson's book The Silverado Squatters describes his experiences while living there.{{cite web | access-date = 2009-08-14 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-07-05

Representation in other media

The mount is described by Ambrose Bierce in his ghost story The Death of Halpin Frayser. Ursula K. Le Guin's novel Always Coming Home is about a post-apocalyptic society that considers Mount Saint Helena sacred.

File:Mount Saint Helena (2007-10-08).JPG|Mount Saint Helena File:Mount Saint Helena 2.JPG|Another view of the mountain File:Monument on the site of Robert Louis Stevenson's cabin in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park.JPG|Robert Louis Stevenson monument in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Views from the summit

File:Calistoga from mt st helena.jpg|Calistoga viewed from Mount Saint Helena File:Northern Napa Valley viewed from Mount Saint Helena.JPG|Northern Napa Valley viewed from Mount Saint Helena File:View from Mount Saint Helena, California 2.JPG|A view from the mountain File:View from Mount Saint Helena 5.JPG|Another view File:View from Mount Saint Helena.JPG|Another view File:MtStHelenaTreeFrame.jpg|View after 2017 fire File:MtStHelenaSnow.jpg|Snow view

References

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Kevin Courtney. (March 28, 2010). "A search for Napa River's start runs through the heart of the valley". Napa Valley Publishing.

Wikipedia Source

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