Mount Bielawski

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Mount Bielawski
Elevation 3,231 ft (985 m)
Location Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Range Santa Cruz Mountains
Prominence 1,671 ft (510 m)
Coordinates 37°13′24″N 122°05′34″W / 37.22333, -122.09278
Topo map USGS Castle Rock Ridge

'Mount Bielawski[1][2] or Mount Bielewski (with an e instead of an a) is a mountain located in the Santa Cruz Mountains near the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The mountain rises to an elevation of 3,231 ft (985 m) just to the southwest of the Santa Cruz-Santa Clara County borderline and Highway 35.[1] The mountain is the county highpoint of Santa Cruz County and another name for this mountain is also Mount McPherson,named after Duncan Mc Pherson, who owned 50 acres on the top of the mountain, in the 1930's and 1940's.'.[2] Some snow falls on the mountain during winter.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Mount Bielawski Lookout, USGS Castle Rock Ridge (CA) Topo Map. USGS Quad maps. Topozone.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ a b Mount Bielawski. Summitpost.org. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  3. ^ Subsection 261Af - Santa Cruz Mountains. USDA, Forest Service. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.

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