Castle Peak
Castle Peak from Andesite Peak
Elevation	9,109 feet (2,776 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Location	Nevada County, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	39°21′56″N 120°20′57″W / 39.365485408°N 120.349175794°W / 39.365485408; -120.349175794Coordinates: 39°21′56″N 120°20′57″W / 39.365485408°N 120.349175794°W / 39.365485408; -120.349175794 [1]
Topo map	USGS Norden
Easiest route	Exposed scramble (YDS class 3) [2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section List [2]

Castle Peak is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada near I-80, Donner Pass and the Nevada border. It is in the Tahoe National Forest^[3] not far off the Pacific Crest Trail. It was originally named Mount Stanford by the Whitney Survey of 1860-74.

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[edit] External links

• "Castle Peak". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:258063. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
• "Castle Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/2789. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
• "Castle Peak Trail". Trailspotting. http://www.trailspotting.com/2007/10/castle-peak.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 

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