Coxcomb Mountains
{{Short description|Mountain range in Southern California}}
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File:Acton's brittlebrush (Encelia actoni); Coxcomb Mountains.jpg, in the Coxcomb Mountains.]]
The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range in eastern Riverside County, Southern California, and to a small extent in San Bernardino County.
Geography
The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of Joshua Tree National Park. They are east of the Eagle Mountains and Twentynine Palms, north of Interstate 10, and southeast of the Sheep Hole Mountains.
The range's highest point is Spectre Peak, at an elevation of {{convert|4482|ft|m}}, located within the park. It is at GPS latitude—longitude coordinates of N 34.026279, W -115.404748.{{cite web |url=https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13411|title=Spectre Peak, California |access-date=2022-11-18}}
Joshua Tree National Park
The Coxcomb Mountains are the most rugged and sharply perpendicular mountains within Joshua Tree National Park. Being in the park's wildest and least-visited northeastern corner, their relative isolation protects their wilderness habitat.
The range is in the ecotone where habitats merge from the higher elevation Mojave Desert ecoregion and the lower elevation Colorado Desert of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion.
See also
References
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- California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, pg. 113
External links
- [https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm Official Joshua Tree National Park website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731025755/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r1/joshua.htm Bird Checklists for Joshua Tree National Park]
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{{Protected Areas of California|NPS}}
Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Category:Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
Category:Mountain ranges of Riverside County, California
Category:Mountain ranges of Southern California
Category:Joshua Tree National Park
Category:Protected areas of Riverside County, California
Category:Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
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