Scodie Mountains

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The Scodie Mountains are located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California in the United States. The range lies in an east-west direction directly west of the town of Ridgecrest and southeast of Lake Isabella. The mountains reach an elevation of 7,096 feet at Cathie's Peak, and lie to the north of the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The range is home to the Kiavah Wilderness.

Location: Kern County, California

Named by the USFS for William Scodie, who established "Scodie's Store" at the mouth of what is now called Scodie Canyon (ca.1860).

This peak is the high point of the Scodie Mountains.

Variant name Kaivah Mountains cited on USFS map (1935).

Name first appears on USFS Sequoia Natioanl Forest map (1962).

Name officially accepted by USBGN (1963).

Peak was added to the HPS Peak List in 1970.