Mount Pierce , sometimes called Pierce Mountain or Monument Peak at 3179 ft (949 m), is the highest point of the Monument Ridge which is part of the Coast Range in Humboldt County, California . It was named after U.S. President Franklin Pierce (1804–69). The summit offers a wide view of a wide area in Humboldt, Mendocino , Trinity and Del Norte counties north to the state of Oregon .
4-530: Mount Pierce may refer to: Mount Pierce (California) Mount Pierce (New Hampshire) Pierce Mountain (Washington) Pierce Peak (Antarctica) , named after psychiatrist Chester Middlebrook Pierce Pierce Peak (New Mexico) , the highest peak in the Alamo Hueco Mountains Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-550: A geodetic marker and a plaque, placed on October 4, 2003, on the sesquicentennial of the establishment of the Humboldt Meridian Initial Point by Deputy Surveyor Henry Washington on October 6, 1853. The center of the Initial Point is marked by a standard US Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station disc, stamped “Mt. Pierce 1928.” This Humboldt County, California –related article
12-523: The high visibility of the top of Mount Pierce and the inability to see Mount Diablo from the northwestern corner of the state, a new principal meridian , the Humboldt meridian was established in 1853 intersecting the survey base line at the summit of Mount Pierce which still governs the surveys in the northwestern corner of California. The summit of Mount Pierce was marked with a tower of iron bars, now gone, but currently noted by an array of antennas,
16-475: The title Mount Pierce . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Pierce&oldid=1154296153 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mount Pierce (California) Due to
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