Ring Mountain (California)
| Ring Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 603 ft (184 m) NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 402 ft (123 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°54′35″N 122°29′09″W / 37.909691528°N 122.485779814°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Marin County, California, U.S. |
| Topo map | USGS 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.