Tierra Redonda Mountain
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| Tierra Redonda Mountain | |
|---|---|
  Tierra Redonda Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,070 ft (631 m) NAVD 88[2] |
| Coordinates | 35°46′16″N 120°59′09″W / 35.771021347°N 120.985935089°W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S.[1] |
| Parent range | Santa Lucia Range |
| Topo map | USGS Tierra Redonda Mountain |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail hike |
Tierra Redonda Mountain is a mountain in northwestern San Luis Obispo County, California.[1] It is in the eastern portion of the Santa Lucia Range, separated from the main ridge by the Nacimiento River.
The mountain is north of Lake Nacimiento, with the summit being about a mile and a half (two kilometers) from the shoreline near the northwestern extremity of the lake. It is about 18 miles (29 km) from the Pacific Ocean at San Simeon. The elevation of the summit is 2,051 feet (625 m). The primary maintained public road to the mountain is Interlake Road, San Luis Obispo County G14 (also signed in nearby Monterey County as G14), which passes about 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northeast of the summit. This road intersects U.S. Highway 101 at Paso Robles, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the southeast. Oak Shores Drive winds around the western portion of the mountain from a junction with G14 to the shore of Lake Nacimiento, and Tierra Redonda Road comes around from the east.
The mountain is part of a small island of Bureau of Land Management land, 320 acres (1.3 km2), entirely surrounded by private land. BLM has designated it as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), along with several other BLM holdings in the area (such as the Carrizo Plain and Cypress Mountain) due to the high concentration of unique, sensitive, and threatened species found in the vicinity, as well as for its singularly rich paleontological resources. This designation is in part because of encroaching development from the south, where private residences are being built on the shore of Lake Nacimiento, within the Oak Shores community. The region has also designated the region as open space in their General Plan.[3]
