Editing Santa Lucia Range (section)

== Geography ==

The Santa Lucia Range is part of the Outer South [[California Coast Ranges]], in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges]] System. The coastal side of the range rises directly from the shoreline, with oceanfront ridges rising directly {{convert|4000|to|5000|feet}} to the crest of the coastal range. The crest of the range is never more than {{convert|11|mile}} from the coast.<ref name=norman/>{{rp|11}} Cone Peak is the steepest coastal elevation in the contiguous United States,<ref name=mcinney>{{citation|title=Walking California's Central Coast: A Day Hiker's Guide|first=John|last=McKinney|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|year=1996|isbn=9780062586360|page=128|quote=Steepest coastal slope in the continental United States}}.</ref> rising nearly a mile (1,609 m) above sea level, only three miles (5&nbsp;km) from the Pacific Ocean.

The range's northern section runs parallel to the southern section of the [[Diablo Range]], part of the Inner South Coast Ranges, which lies to the east across the [[Salinas Valley]]. The range's highest summit is [[Junipero Serra Peak]], {{convert|1784|m|ft}} in [[Monterey County, California|Monterey County]] and the [[Los Padres National Forest]].<ref name="gnis-jsp">{{cite gnis|id=271844|name=Junipero Serra Peak|access-date=2009-05-03}}</ref>

===Major peaks===<!-- All elevations are NAVD88 -->

* [[Junipero Serra Peak]], {{convert|5,857|ft|0}}.<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |id=GU3676 |name=Santa Lucia |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref>
* [[Cone Peak]], {{convert|5158|ft|0}}.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |id=1206 |name=Cone Peak, California |access-date=2014-03-04}}</ref>  
* [[Ventana Double Cone]], {{convert|4856|ft|0}}.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |id=32406 |name=Ventana Double Cone, California |access-date=2014-03-04}}</ref>
* Mount Carmel, {{convert|4420|ft|0}}.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |id=1203 |name=Mount Carmel, California |access-date=2014-03-04}}</ref>