Discovery Peak, California

Name Info	Local or Alternate Name(s):     Alternate: Valpe Ridge-Rose Flat
Elevation Info	Summit: 3846 feet (NAVD88 Vertical Datum) Source/Method: Lidar     CA_AlamedaCounty_2021_B21 (2021) 1m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37.51231, -121.69938 (Dec Deg) 37° 30' 44'' N, 121° 41' 58'' W (DMS) 614946 E, 4152478 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Mendenhall Springs (O37121e6)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Alameda (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 182      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 175) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2024-02-11 N, Lewk TR-353 2023-11-22 Day, Bob 2021-05-16 Jolly, Yogini 2021-05-08 Toyama, Ken TR-73 2021-03-15 Gotz, Alex 2021-03-05 Smith, Neil TR-541 2020-10-03 Giurgiulescu, Mihai 2020-02-02 Gustafson, Aaron 2020-01-19 Hennes, Matthew TR-129 2018-10-21 Guillaume, Clément 2018-05-12 St.Clair, Kimberly TR-127 2018-03-31 McLaughlin, Bob TR-131 2018-03-31 Merlone, Joe TR-370 2018-02-12 Nuernberger, Josef TR-14 ramblr.com 2018-01-13 Gerlach, Greg TR-67 2017-12-17 Covill, Dave TR-640 2016-12-16 Giurgiulescu, Mihai TR-11 peakbagger.com 2015-10-25 Bergeron, Patrick 2015-02-07 Sierra, Marcus TR-25 mountainhiker.org 2015-01-19 King, Coby TR-87 2014-10-25 Burley, Scott 2014-03-15 Sierra, Marcus TR-34 mountainhiker.org 2013-05-05 Sierra, Marcus TR-28 mountainhiker.org 2013-01-15 Barlow, James TR-175 flickr.com 2012-11-10 Sierra, Marcus TR-17 mountainhiker.org 2012-04-01 Sierra, Marcus TR-19 mountainhiker.org 2011-10-31 Sierra, Marcus TR-17 mountainhiker.org 2011-03-29 James, Peter TR-66 1994-03-27 Johnson, Frederick TR-150 1992-03-21 Johnson, Frederick TR-134
Peak Lists that contain Discovery Peak      California County High Points (Rank #46)      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #370)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #403)      California Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #764)      California Coastal Peak List (Rank #136)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Discovery Peak      Elevation Ladder from Discovery Peak      Prominence Ladder from Discovery Peak

Discovery Peak - is it the highest or second highest point in Alameda County? (2019-05-04). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 1102 ft/336 m   Optimistic Prominence: 1102 ft/336 m   Key Col: 2744 ft/836 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 5.14 mi/8.28 km    Isolation Limit Point: 37.4375, -121.7 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Black Mountain  (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges Range4: Central California Coast Ranges Range5: Diablo Range
Drainage Basins	San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
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