California is known as the Golden State. California has a lot of big Mountains. Even Mt Lee is the Mountains that holds the Hollywood sign that is located in Los Angeles CA .Head northeast to discover forest that are about 380 feet. That’s about the same size as a football field. In East redwood is Mount Whitney. That is the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states and part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Would you travel southeast to the 25,000-square-mile Mojave Desert. It is in the center of the state and called the Central Valley, where you’ll find miles of farmland.