New York Mountains

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New York Mountains
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New York Mountains from Nipton Road
across the Ivanpah Valley
Highest point
Elevation 7,533 ft (2,296 m)
Coordinates 35°15′31″N115°18′40″W / 35.258736°N 115.31124335°W / 35.258736; -115.31124335 [1]
Dimensions
Length30 mi (48 km)SW-NE
Width14 mi (23 km)
Geography
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New York Mountains of California Nevada [2]
CountryUnited States
StatesCalifornia and Nevada
Regions Mojave National Preserve and Mojave Desert
Counties San Bernardino County, California and Clark County, Nevada
Settlements Ivanpah and Cima
Range coordinates 35°19′53″N115°14′33″W / 35.3312931°N 115.2424705°W / 35.3312931; -115.2424705 Coordinates: 35°19′53″N115°14′33″W / 35.3312931°N 115.2424705°W / 35.3312931; -115.2424705 [2]
Topo map USGS  Castle Peaks

The New York Mountains are a small mountain range found in northeastern San Bernardino County in California, USA. The range's northeastern area lies in southeastern Nevada. The range lies just south of the small community of Ivanpah, and north of the Lanfair Valley. The mountains are part of the mountain ranges, cones, mountains, and landforms in the Mojave National Preserve. The mountains reach an elevation of 7,533 feet (2,296 m), [3] and run in a mostly southwest-northeasterly direction between the Providence Mountains and the McCullough Range approximately five miles into Nevada and border the northwest corner of the Piute Valley of Nevada-California.

Contents

The New York Mountains are part of the southeast border of the Great Basin Divide. The Piute Wash Watershed [4] empties eastward into the Colorado River.

Description

Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains Caruthers Canyon 5.jpg
Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains

The New York Mountains are a southwest by northeast trending range, about 30 miles (48 km) long with the northeast in Nevada. Searchlight, Nevada and Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada lie to the northeast and east, respectively, across the Piute Valley. The Castle Mountains lie to the southeast with the Piute Range adjacent to the southeast. [5] [6]

The northeast flowing Ivanpah Valley drains the northwest side of the New York Mountains with the Ivanpah Mountains across the valley to the northwest. [6] The McCullough Range of Nevada lies adjacent to the north. [5]

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References

  1. "New York Mountains High Point, California". Peakbagger.com.
  2. 1 2 "New York Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. Unnamed peak, Peakbagger
  4. Piute Wash Watershed, EPA
  5. 1 2 Mesquite Lake, California–Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985
  6. 1 2 Ivanpah, California–Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985