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Horse Mountain is a 4,686 ft (1,428 m) high mountain in Lake County, California, United States.

Horse Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation	4,686 ft (1,428 m)
Prominence	1,126 ft (343 m)
Isolation	9.13 mi (14.69 km) to Peak 4712
Coordinates	39°18′24″N 122°58′23″W
Geography
Country	United States
State	California
County	Lake County
Topo map	Elk Mountain O39122c8 1:24,000

Location

Horse Mountain is in the Northern California Coast Ranges. It is in Mendocino National Forest in Lake County, California. It drains into the Sacramento River.[1] The mountain is to the east of the West Fork of Middle Creek, and west of the Rice Fork of Eel River.[2] It is north of Elk Mountain in the Middle Creek drainage basin northwest of Clear Lake.[3]

Physical

Horse Mountain has an elevation of 4,686 ft (1,428 m), with a clean prominence of 1,126 ft (343 m) and an isolation of 9.13 mi (14.69 km) from the unnamed Peak 4712.[1] This peak in turn has an isolation of 1 mi (1.6 km) from Board Camp Ridge.[4] Horse Mountain is forested, but the summit has been cleared. It is used for recreation by all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and hikers.[3]

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