Hurricane Deck (California)

Hurricane Deck
Hurricane Deck is located in California
Hurricane Deck
Hurricane Deck
Hurricane Deck is located in the United States
Hurricane Deck
Hurricane Deck
Highest point
PeakPeak 4237
Elevation4,237 ft (1,291 m)
Dimensions
Length7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictSanta Barbara County
Range coordinates34°48′N 119°54′W / 34.8°N 119.9°W / 34.8; -119.9
Geology
Rock ageMiocene

Hurricane Deck is a short mountain range in Santa Barbara County, California in the Los Padres National Forest. The range lies entirely in the San Rafael Wilderness and separates the drainages of the main stem of the Sisquoc River from its tributary, Manzana Creek. It is the northernmost subrange of the San Rafael Mountains; to the north lies the Sierra Madre Mountains.

The range is a single block of a unique marine sandstone deposit of Miocene age. As such, it possible to view the ridge as a single extremely large mountain (massif).[1]

The ridgeline is traversed by the Hurricane Deck Trail, which is rarely maintained.[2]

References

  1. ^ Thomas, G. D., Fritsche, A. E., & Condon, M. W. (1988). Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Hurricane Deck Formation, a new, lower and middle Miocene, submarine-fan sandstone unit in the Sierra Madre and San Rafael Mountains, northeastern Santa Barbara County, California.
  2. ^ "Hurricane Deck". SantaBarbaraHikes.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.