Soledad Mountain, Santa Rosa Island
From Islapedia
Soledad Mountain, Santa Rosa Island, is often mistaken for the highest point on the island. However, an unnamed peak about a mile to the west of Soledad is 1589 feet in elevation, while Soledad is a close second at 1574 feet in elevation.
Soledad, Santa Rosa Island is also a survey station established in 1872 by Stehman Forney. It was located:
- “on the highest peak of the island, at the head of Cañada Soledad. To reach the station follow Cañada Verde to a small grove of willows surrounding a spring of water. At this point there is a trail leading over a low divide into the next canyon which is Cañada Soledad. Follow this canyon to its head.”
The station was recovered in 1934 by Charles K. Green, who noted the station is:
- “about 50 feet north of the oil-surfaced road leading to the abandoned oil well. The best way to reach the station is to follow the oil-surfaced road leading from the anchorage to the abandoned oil well.”
The station was marked with a standard disk stamped SOLEDAD 1872-1934. Forney was mistaken that this was the highest point on Santa Rosa Island.
This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island South topographic map. [UTM 10: North 3,760,481 East 767,482].
