This list is about the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. Principal mountains List of mountains over 14,000 ft (4250 m) with 300 ft (90 m) of prominence: Mount Whitney 14,505 ft (4421 m) Mount Williamson 14,403 ft (4390 m) North Palisade 14,242 ft (4341 m) Mount Sill 14,153 ft (4314 m) Mount Russell 14,094 ft (4296 m) Split Mountain 14,064 ft (4286 m) Mount Langley 14,025 ft (4280 m) Mount Tyndall 14,019 ft (4273 m) Middle Palisade 14,012 ft (4271 m) Mount Muir 14,012 ft (4271 m) Other notable peaks: Mount Baxter Black Kaweah Castle Peak Cathedral Peak Johnson Peak, the highest mountain in Tuolumne Meadows El Capitan Mount Conness Mount Dana Mount Darwin Mount Davis Fresno Dome Mount Gibbs Half Dome Mount Hopkins Mount Humphreys Mount Huntington Lembert Dome Liberty Cap Mount Lyell Maggies Peaks Mammoth Mountain Matterhorn Peak The Minarets Mount Morgan Mount Morrison Pyramid Peak Red Kaweah Red Slate Mountain Mount Ritter Shuteye Peak Thunderbolt Peak Mount Tom Subranges Carson Range Cathedral Range Clark Range Crystal Range Great Western Divide Kaweah Peaks Ridge Palisades Ritter Range Sherwin Range Counties in the Sierra Alpine County, California Amador County, California Butte County, California Calaveras County, California El Dorado County, California Fresno County, California Inyo County, California Kern County, California Madera County, California Mariposa County, California Mono County, California Nevada County, California Placer County, California Plumas County, California Sierra County, California Tulare County, California Tuolumne County, California Yuba County, California The Carson Range (a spur of the Sierra) extends into Nevada: Douglas County, Nevada Carson City, Nevada Washoe County, Nevada Principal rivers American River Cosumnes River Feather River Kern River Kings River Merced River Mokelumne River Sacramento River San Joaquin River Stanislaus River Truckee River Tuolumne River Yuba River Prominent Lakes Lake Tahoe Beardsley Lake Cherry Lake Mono Lake New Melones Lake Pinecrest Lake Tioga Lake Tulloch Lake Twain Harte Lake Other natural features Devil's Postpile Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River Hetch Hetchy Valley Kings Canyon Long Valley Caldera Owens Valley San Joaquin Valley Sacramento Valley Tuolumne Meadows Yosemite Valley List of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park National parks and monuments North to south: Yosemite National Park Kings Canyon National Park Sequoia National Park Giant Sequoia National Monument Eastern side of the Sierra: Devil's Postpile National Monument National forests Eldorado National Forest Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Inyo National Forest Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Plumas National Forest Sequoia National