Ring Mountain (California)

Ring Mountain
Highest point
Elevation603 ft (184 m) NAVD 88
Prominence402 ft (123 m)
Coordinates37°54′35″N 122°29′09″W / 37.909691528°N 122.485779814°W / 37.909691528; -122.485779814
Geography
Ring Mountain
Location in California
Ring Mountain
Ring Mountain (the United States)
LocationMarin County, California, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS San Quentin

Ring Mountain is an elevated landform on the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, California. This mountain was named for George E. Ring, who served as a Marin County Supervisor from 1895 to 1903.

A number of rare and endangered plant species inhabit Ring Mountain. The mountain's twin summits consist of serpentinite, a rock which is very high in magnesium, producing soils of unusual chemistry (serpentine soil). The landscape is strewn with many sizable boulders which exhibit a variety of lithologies including high-pressure metamorphic rocks of amphibolite, blueschist, greenschist, and eclogite grade.

Native American pecked curvilinear nucleated petroglyphs created by the Coast Miwok people are also found here.