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Calico Mountains (California)

Coordinates: 34°58′25″N 116°50′36″W / 34.97361°N 116.84333°W / 34.97361; -116.84333
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This article is about the mountains in California. For other uses, see Calico Mountains.
Calico Mountains
Calico Mountains behind Calico Ghost Town.
Highest point
PeakCalico Peak
Elevation4,491 feet (1,369 m)
Geography
Calico Mountains is located in California
Calico Mountains
Calico Mountains
Location of Calico Mountains in California[1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionMojave Desert
DistrictSan Bernardino County
& Inyo County
Features
Range coordinates34°58′25″N 116°50′36″W / 34.97361°N 116.84333°W / 34.97361; -116.84333
Topo map(s)USGS Salsberry Peak, Yermo

The Calico Mountains of California are a mountain range located in the Mojave Desert. The range spans San Bernardino and Inyo counties in California.

Geography

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The Calico Mountains are geologically colorful range that lie in a northwest-southeast direction, and are located just north of Barstow and Yermo, and of Interstate 15.

Historic Pickhandle Pass and Jackhammer Gap lie at the northern end of the mountains on Fort Irwin Road, with the Fort Irwin Military Reservation nearby. The Calico Mountains have been active in California mining history.

Peaks

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Calico Peak, the highest point, is 4,491-foot (1,369 m) in elevation, in the San Bernardino County portion of the range (N 34.995259 and W -116.838369).[2]

Features

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The Rainbow Basin geologic feature, in the Bureau of Land Management managed Rainbow Basin Natural Area, is just north of Barstow.

Calico Ghost Town is located in the Yermo Hills (Calico Hills) at the western edge of the Calico Mountains, north of Yermo.

The Calico Early Man Site is a Paleo-Indians lithic workshop for Stone tools and a simple quarry archaeological site in the mountains also.

See also

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Calico Mountains namesakes
Local history
Related

References

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  1. ^ "Calico Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ "Calico Peak in San Bernardino County CA (Yermo Area)". MountainZone. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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