Balls (mountain range)

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Balls
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Looking north from the Portuguese Overlook Observation Site, toward the Balls.
Highest point
Elevation 2,413 m (7,917 ft)
Geography
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Balls
Location of Balls in California [1]
Country United States
State California
Region Sierra Nevada
District Madera County
Range coordinates 37°30′28″N119°21′6″W / 37.50778°N 119.35167°W / 37.50778; -119.35167
Topo map USGS  Timber Knob

The Balls are a mountain range within the Sierra Nevada, in Madera County, California. [1] They are "glacier-carved granite domes" [2] and have been described as "looking like smooth scoops of butterscotch ice cream". [3] The mountain range has federal protection as part of the Sierra National Forest.

References

  1. 1 2 "Balls". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ Mohlenbrock, Robert H (2006). This Land: A Guide to Western National Forests. Vol. 1. University of California Press. p. 180. ISBN   978-0520239678.
  3. ↑ Magley, Beverly (1999). National Forest Scenic Byways Far West. Globe Pequot. p. 156. ISBN   978-1560446538.
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