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Mount Saint Helena in Napa Valley, CA
Mount Saint Helena, in the Mayacmas Mountain Range of Napa Valley, close to the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of the only truly mountains in this part of the state. The mountain is comprised of igneous rock from ancient volcanoes, rock that is more than 2.4 million years in age. During the winter, the sight of Mount Saint Helena is a strange one: in the sunny Bay Area, Mount Saint Helena is one of the only mountains whose peaks are regularly covered in snow at certain times of the year.
The entire mountain is wide as well as tall. It is comprised of five separate peaks, and straddles three different California counties: Napa, Lake, and Sonoma. The tallest of its peaks is located 4,344 feet above sea level.
The mountain's 1,840 feet of total elevation are great for hiking, camping, and picnicking. It is a particularly beautiful destination for short day trips. Its slopes have the golden grasses (during most of the year) and rolling character for which the mountains of this part of California are so well-known. The sky above is usually a clear blue, and the weather is dry and hot during the winter. The meadows immediately below are great for games of Ultimate Frisbee (a Bay Area campus favorite).
Historically, Mount Saint Helena is interesting as the 1880 summer honeymoon destination of the great American author Robert Louis Stevenson and his new bride, Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne. For their honeymoon, the imaginative couple went up to an abandoned mining camp. Later, Stevenson based parts of his novel, "The Silverado Squatters" on his memories of living there for one summer.
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