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Sierra County ( / siˈɛrə / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,236, [3] making it California's second-least populous county. [2] The county seat is Downieville; [4] the sole incorporated city is Loyalton. The county is in the Sierra Nevada, northeast of Sacramento on the ...
University of Nevada, Reno. / 39.53778°N 119.81389°W / 39.53778; -119.81389. The University of Nevada, Reno ( Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, 1874, in Elko ...
Veleta (Sierra Nevada) / 37.05667°N 3.36583°W / 37.05667; -3.36583. Veleta (from the Arab word "Balata", meaning cliff) or Pico del Veleta is the third highest peak of the Iberian peninsula and the second highest of the Sierra Nevada. Its height is given variously as 3,394 metres (11,135 ft), [1] 3,396 metres (11,142 ft) [2] and 3,398 ...
Sierra National Forest. Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada in California, bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and on the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is known for its mountain scenery and beautiful lakes. Forest headquarters are located in ...
Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield is located in the Tonopah Basin of Nevada. / 37.70861°N 117.23556°W / 37.70861; -117.23556. Goldfield is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada . It is the locus of the Goldfield CDP which had a resident population of 268 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 440 in 2000.
Mojave Desert. / 35°N 116°W / 35; -116. The Mojave Desert ( / moʊˈhɑːvi, mə -/; [3] [4] [5] Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar; [6] Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.
Counties. Fresno and Inyo. The Palisades (or the Palisade Group) are a group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. They are located about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town of Big Pine, California. The peaks in the group are particularly steep, rugged peaks and "contain the finest alpine climbing ...
