Sheep Hole Mountains
{{short description|Mountain range in California, United States}}
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The Sheep Hole Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, to the north of Joshua Tree National Park, in San Bernardino County, California. The mountains were once Chemehuevi hunting grounds.
The mountain range lies between the Bullion Mountains to the west, and the Coxcomb Mountains to the east. The mountains reach an elevation of {{convert|4,613|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level just east of Amboy Road, which the range crosses.
Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area
The Bureau of Land Management designated and manages the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area which is within the mountain range and Mojave Trails National Monument.{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html|title=BLM: Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area|website=blm.gov|access-date=6 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225054646/http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html|archive-date=25 February 2013}}[https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/mojavetrails_20160129%20%281%29.pdf U.S. Dept. of Interior.gov: Map of Mojave Trails National Monument], with Wilderness Areas. The 194,861-acre (approximate) Sheephole Valley Wilderness is a perfect representation of the basin and range topography typical in the Mojave Desert. The area consists of the northwest to southeast trending granitic boulder strewn Sheep Hole and Calumet Mountains, and is adjacent to the northern boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html |title=Sheephole Valley Wilderness |access-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726224812/http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html |archive-date=2010-07-26 }} . accessed 6/20/2010
References
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- California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, p. 106 & 112
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120303010147/http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html Official Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area website]
- [http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wilderness/wa/photos/sheephole.html Sheephole Valley Wilderness photographs]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614221925/http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wilderness_pdfs/maps/1page/needles/sheephole_valley.pdf Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area Map]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731025755/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r1/joshua.htm Bird Checklist for Joshua Tree National Park]
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Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Category:Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
Category:Mojave Trails National Monument
Category:Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
Category:Protected areas of San Bernardino County, California
Category:Bureau of Land Management areas in California
Category:Mountain ranges of Southern California
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