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Melissa Coray Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Alpine County. The primary coordinates for Melissa Coray Peak places it within the CA 95646 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Melissa Coray Peak |
| Category: | California physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | Located in sec 6,T9N,R18E, Mount Diablo Meridian. Bounded by the Mokelumne Wilderness on the southeast, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) southeast of Covered Wagon Peak, 1.6 km (1 mi) southwest of Fourth of July Peak and 1.3 km (0.8 mi) northeast of Scout Carcon Lake. (US-T121) |
| History: | Named for Melissa Burton Coray ,(1828-?), who as member of the party of the discharged United States Mormon Batallion group, traveled eastward from the gold fields of Sacramento to the Great Salt Lake in the summer of 1848, establishing the Mormon-Carson Pass Emigrant Trail across the Sierra Nevada. (US-T121) |
| County: | Alpine County |
| Latitude: | 38.6517639 |
| Longitude: | -120.0394651 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Melissa Coray Peak: Melissa Coray Peak.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Melissa Coray Peak does not include property ownership information.
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