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Calico Mountains (California)

Mountain range in California, United States

Summary

Mountain range in California, United States

Field	Value
name	Calico Mountains
photo	Calico Ghost Town 2012.jpg
photo_caption	Calico Mountains behind Calico Ghost Town.
country	United States
subdivision1	California
subdivision2_type	Region
subdivision2	Mojave Desert
subdivision3	San Bernardino County
& Inyo County
topo_map	Salsberry Peak, Yermo
topo_maker	USGS
subdivision4_type	Features
subdivision4
range_coordinates
highest	Calico Peak
elevation	4491 ft
map	USA California
map_relief	1
map_caption	Location of Calico Mountains in California
map_size	224

the mountains in California

& Inyo County

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

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

Calico Peak, the highest point, is 4,491 ft in elevation, in the San Bernardino County portion of the range (N 34.995259 and W -116.838369).

Features

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 claimed Paleo-Indians lithic workshop for Stone tools and a simple quarry archaeological site in the mountains also.

Architectural stone

Stone from the Calico Mountains was used in the interior of the 1968 Volcano House at nearby Newberry Springs.

References

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"Calico Peak in San Bernardino County CA (Yermo Area)". MountainZone.
Steve Vaught. (6 December 2010). "Dancing on Top of the Volcano with Huell Howser".

Wikipedia Source

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