Double Mountain is the highest point in the Tehachapi Mountains

Tehachapi Mountains

The Tehachapi Mountains , regionally also called The Tehachapis, are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in the Western United States...

 of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It has two summits of nearly the same elevation. It is south of the town of Tehachapi

Tehachapi, California

Tehachapi is a city incorporated in 1909 located in the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave in Kern County, California. Tehachapi is located east-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of...

, Highway 58

California State Route 58

State Route 58 is an east-west highway across the California Coast Ranges, the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains, which border the southern Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave Desert. It runs between its western terminus near Santa Margarita and its eastern terminus at Barstow...

 and Tehachapi Pass

Tehachapi Pass

Tehachapi Pass is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California in the United States. The route over the pass connects the San Joaquin Valley to the Mojave Desert...

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Due to its elevation, the mountain receives snowfall during the winter.

Natural history

South of Double Mountain the Tehachapi Range has a large rounded crest, whose eastern flank is quite steep.
This crest is the southern terminus of the range of the hybrid Alvord oak, Quercus × alvordiana

Quercus × alvordiana

Quercus × alvordiana is a hybrid oak tree in the genus Quercus. The species is a hybrid between Quercus douglasii and Quercus turbinella. According to C. Michael Hogan, this hybrid is the most common hybrid of Q. douglasii and its range extends from the Tehachapi Mountains to Carmel Valley within...

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