Taylor Mountain

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Taylor Mountain, viewed from the south.

Taylor Mountain, located at 38°24′03″N 122°40′29″W / 38.400746, -122.6747084[1], is a summit at the northern extreme of the Sonoma Mountains. The peak elevation is 1,401 feet (427 m) above mean sea level. The mountain lies in the Laguna de Santa Rosa drainage basin; its east flank drains to Matanzas Creek, a northwestward flowing stream running the length of Bennett Valley, and its west flank drains to Five Creek.[2]

North of Taylor Mountain, Taylor Ridge descends toward the city of Santa Rosa. Some of Santa Rosa's urban expansion is taking place on the eastern slopes of this ridge.[citation needed]

Taylor Mountain is readily visible from Sonoma Mountain, Bennett Valley, the Santa Rosa Plain and from as far north as the Alexander Valley.[3]

The peak of Taylor Mountain defines (in part) the boundary between the Sonoma Coast AVA and the Sonoma Valley AVA, two Federally-designated grape-growing regions. Wines made from grapes grown on its western slopes would qualify for the Sonoma Coast appellation, wheras those made made from grapes grown on its eastern slopes would qualify for the Sonoma Valley appellation.[4]

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  1. ^ USGS GNIS: Taylor Mountain
  2. ^ Santa Rosa Quadrangle, Fifteen minute series, USGS Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)
  3. ^ Visibility of Taylor Peak from the Alexander Valley of Sonoma County
  4. ^ Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Sections 9.29 and 9.116.
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