Coxcomb Mountains

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Coxcomb Mountains
2013, The Chuckwalla Valley and Coxcomb Mountains from Old US 60-Frink-Grant Trail - panoramio.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 4,416 ft (1,346 m)
Geography
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Coxcomb Mountains
Location of Coxcomb Mountains in California [1]
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia (In USA)
District Riverside County
Range coordinates 33°56′12″N115°20′31″W / 33.93667°N 115.34194°W / 33.93667; -115.34194
Topo map USGS  Coxcomb Mountains
Acton's brittlebrush (Encelia actoni), in the Coxcomb Mountains. Acton's brittlebrush (Encelia actoni); Coxcomb Mountains.jpg
Acton's brittlebrush (Encelia actoni), in the Coxcomb Mountains.

The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range in eastern Riverside County, Southern California, and to a small extent in San Bernardino County.

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Geography

The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of Joshua Tree National Park. They are east of the Eagle Mountains and Twentynine Palms, north of Interstate 10, and southeast of the Sheep Hole Mountains.

The range's highest point is Spectre Peak, at an elevation of 4,482 feet (1,366 m), located within the park. It is at GPS latitude—longitude coordinates of N 34.026279, W -115.404748. [2]

Joshua Tree National Park

The Coxcomb Mountains are the most rugged and sharply perpendicular mountains within Joshua Tree National Park. Being in the park's wildest and least-visited northeastern corner, their relative isolation protects their wilderness habitat.

The range is in the ecotone where habitats merge from the higher elevation Mojave Desert ecoregion and the lower elevation Colorado Desert of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion.

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References

  1. "Coxcomb Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  2. "Spectre Peak, California" . Retrieved November 18, 2022.