Bullion Mountains

Bullion Mountains
Bullion Mountains
	Location of the Bullion Mountains in California [1]
Highest point
Elevation	815 m (2,674 ft)
Geography
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Mojave Desert
District	San Bernardino County
Range coordinates	34°22′45.988″N115°56′26.003″W / 34.37944111°N 115.94055639°W Coordinates: 34°22′45.988″N115°56′26.003″W / 34.37944111°N 115.94055639°W
Topo map	USGS Lead Mountain

Last updated March 17, 2019

The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of California southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms.

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America. It is in the southwestern United States, primarily within southeastern California and southern Nevada, and it occupies 47,877 sq mi (124,000 km²). Very small areas also extend into Utah and Arizona. Its boundaries are generally noted by the presence of Joshua trees, which are native only to the Mojave Desert and are considered an indicator species, and it is believed to support an additional 1,750 to 2,000 species of plants. The central part of the desert is sparsely populated, while its peripheries support large communities such as Las Vegas, Barstow, Lancaster, Palmdale, Victorville, and St. George.

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Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census. Barstow is located 67 miles (108 km) north of San Bernardino.

Since most of the range lies in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, where live ammunition practices occur, almost the entire mountain range is off-limits to the public. The highest point of the range in the northwestern region is 4,669 feet (1,423) meters.

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References

↑ "Bullion Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-05-04.

California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, pg. 106

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[gnis-1] "Bullion Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-05-04.