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Kelbaker Road
Kelbaker Road is a Road surface, paved road in San Bernardino County, California, that serves as the primary and busiest route through the Mojave National Preserve. It also connects the communities of Kelso, California, Kelso and Baker, California, Baker. Its southern terminus is at County Route 66 (California), County Route 66 between Amboy, California, Amboy and Chambless, California, Chambless. Kelbaker Road's northern terminus is at Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 in Baker. The road then continues as California State Route 127 northward to Nevada, connecting to Nevada State Route 373, passing near Death Valley National Park. Route description Kelbaker Road begins at County Route 66 (California), County Route 66, part of the National Trails Highway (Historic U.S. Route 66, Route 66) between Amboy, California, Amboy and Chambless, California, Chambless. It then travels north between the Bristol Mountains on the west and the Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County), Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181,654, making it the fifth-most populous county in California and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 14th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino. While included within the Greater Los Angeles area, San Bernardino County is included in the Riverside, California, Riverside–San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino–Ontario, California, Ontario metropolitan statistical area, as well as the Los Angeles–Long Beach, California, Long Beach Greater Los Angeles Area, combined statistical area. With an area of , San Bernardino County is the List of the largest counties in the United States by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County)
The Marble Mountains are a mountain range in the Eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, in San Bernardino County, California. Geography The Marble Mountains are located just north of Cadiz, California, and are south of Bristol Dry Lake and Amboy, California. The Old Woman Mountains are to the east, and Bullion Mountains to the west. The Sheep Hole Mountains and Twentynine Palms, California are to the southeast. Geology The Marble Mountains contain excellent exposures of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. The Marble Mountains Fossil Beds are the site of 550 million-year-old fossils of trilobites, which were among the first animals on earth with eyes and skeletons Wilderness Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the Trilobite Wilderness encompasses the Marble Mountain range. The 37,308 acre wilderness area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Mohave
Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado River, at Beale's Crossing, near the head of the Mohave Valley in Mohave County, Arizona by the recommendation of Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale. After the end of the Indian Wars, the fort was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1890. In 1935 it was transferred to the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation; the fort is administered by the state of Arizona. History The first known European to visit the area was Spanish explorer Melchor Díaz. He documented his travels in present-day northwestern Mohave County in 1540. He recounts meeting a large population of natives who referred to themselves as the ''Pipa Aha Macav,'' meaning "People by the River". From "Aha Macav" came the shortened name "Mojave" (also spelled "Mohave"). The tribe retains the traditional Spanish spelling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojave Road
The Mojave Road, also known as Old Government Road (formerly the Mohave Trail), is a historic route and present day dirt road across what is now the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in the United States. This rough road stretched from Beale's Crossing (the river crossing site on the west bank of the Colorado River, opposite old Fort Mohave, roughly southwest of Bullhead City, Arizona), to Fork of the Road location along the north bank of the Mojave River where the old Mojave Road split off from the route of the Old Spanish Trail (trade route), Old Spanish Trail/Mormon Road. A four-wheel drive vehicle is required for all but a few short stretches of this road, which is unmaintained. The old road from Fork of the Road eastward along the Mojave River is interrupted after by private property, below the site of the old Camp Cady (on the north bank of the Mojave River, roughly northeast of Newberry Springs, California). The road is resumed at an access point from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Wash (Seventeenmile Point, California)
Willow Wash is an ephemeral stream or wash in San Bernardino County, California. Its mouth is west northwest of Seventeen Mile Point at an elevation of . From Seventeen Mile Point, its course breaks up into several distributary washes that run west and southwest toward Soda Lake. The wash has its source at an elevation of 1379 feet, at north of the Marl Mountains The Marl Mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve in eastern California in the United States, northeast of the Kelso Mountains. The Marl Mountains lie just east of Kelbaker Road, which connects the town of Baker with the small communit .... It runs southwest with heavy sands south and west of the Cima Volcanic Range and Volcanic Fields, parallels Kelbaker Road, turning northward until it reaches Seventeen Mile Point. References {{Coord, 35, 14, 10, N, 115, 56, 39, W, display=title Rivers of San Bernardino County, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventeen Mile Point
Seventeen Mile Point is a mountain at the north end of the Old Dad Mountains in San Bernardino County, California. Its summit is at an altitude of . History Seventeen Mile Point acquired its name because the northernmost ridge of the mountain was a landmark along the Mojave Road or Old Government Road. This ridge at which the Mojave Road rounded this northern tip of the Old Dad Mountains was called Point of Mountain. Odometer surveys by the U. S. Army in 1866 and 1867 found that Point of Mountain was about 17 miles away from both Soda Springs and Marl Springs, watering places along the road, and marked the point where the old wagon road turned southwest to follow the course of Willow Wash for several miles upstream. Seventeen Mile Point a mining camp, now a vanished ghost town Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * ''Ghost Town' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marl Mountains
The Marl Mountains are located in the Mojave National Preserve in eastern California in the United States, northeast of the Kelso Mountains. The Marl Mountains lie just east of Kelbaker Road, which connects the town of Baker with the small community of Kelso, California. Like the Beale Mountains to the east, the range is one of the smallest mountain ranges in the nation, and is only about four miles long. The Marl Mountains are often visited by travelers on the historic Mojave Road The Mojave Road, also known as Old Government Road (formerly the Mohave Trail), is a historic route and present day dirt road across what is now the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in the United States. This rough road stretched f ... wagon trail, which passes Marl Spring on the east side of the mountains. Marl Spring was an important source of water to travelers crossing the dry Mojave Desert. The cistern at Marl Spring is still often full of water today, although the water should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelso Peak
The Kelso Mountains are located just north of the small community of Kelso and the Kelso Dunes, in the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California. The town of Baker, near Interstate 15, lies approximately 18 miles (29 km) to the northwest of the mountain range. Kelso Peak, at 4,764 feet (1,452 m), is the principal peak of the range. Like most of the Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily in ..., the range is characterized by little rainfall, and usually receives less than 5–6 inches (125–150 mm) of precipitation in a normal year. References * Mojave National Preserve Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Mountain ranges of Southern California Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelso Mountains
The Kelso Mountains are located just north of the small community of Kelso and the Kelso Dunes, in the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California. The town of Baker, near Interstate 15, lies approximately 18 miles (29 km) to the northwest of the mountain range. Kelso Peak, at 4,764 feet (1,452 m), is the principal peak of the range. Like most of the Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily in ..., the range is characterized by little rainfall, and usually receives less than 5–6 inches (125–150 mm) of precipitation in a normal year. References * Mojave National Preserve Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Mountain ranges of Southern California Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelso Dunes
Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, is the largest field of Aeolian processes, aeolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker, California, Baker, San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County, California, and the Kelso Depot, Preserve Visitor Center. The dune, dune field covers and includes migrating dunes, Sand dune stabilization, vegetation-stabilized dunes, sand sheets, and sand ramps. The tallest dunes rise up to above the surrounding terrain. Geology The dunes are composed predominantly of light-colored quartz and feldspar, most likely erosion, eroded from the granite, granitics of the San Bernardino Mountains to the southwest. Magnetite and amphibole can also be found, often accumulating at the dune crests. Kelso Dunes represent part of a much larger sand transport system, which includes the nearby Devils Playground region. The composition and morphology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite Pass (Van Winkle Spring, California)
Granite Pass may be one of the following: Mountain passes * Granite Pass (Arizona) – a pass in La Paz County, Arizona, United States * Granite Pass (Fresno County, California) – a pass in Fresno County, California, United States * Granite Pass (Riverside County, California) – a pass in Riverside County, California, United States * Granite Pass (Drinkwater Lake, California) – a pass in San Bernardino County, California, United States * Granite Pass (Van Winkle Spring, California) – a pass in San Bernardino County, California, United States * Granite Pass (Colorado) – a pass in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States * Granite Pass (California Trail) – a pass in Cassia County, Idaho, United States * Granite Pass (Idaho-Montana) – a pass between Clearwater County, Idaho, and Missoula County, Montana, United States * Granite Pass (New Mexico) – a pass in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States * Granite Pass (Okanogan and Skagit counties, Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are found in the eastern Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, U.S. The range reaches an elevation of at Edgar Peak and is home to the Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve in the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, and the Mojave National Preserve. Geography The Providence Mountains are north of Interstate 40. The New York Mountains are adjacent to the northeast. The Clipper Mountains are to the southeast, and the Granite Mountains, Pisgah Crater and the Bullion Mountains are to the southwest. The Providence Mountains lie southeast of the small community of Kelso, east of Ludlow, and northwest of Essex and Goffs. Natural history Vegetation on the lower parts of the mountains is xeric shrublands scrub habitat, composed of Creosote bush (''Larrea tridentata''), California Barrel Cactus (''Ferocactus cylindraceus''), Joshua trees (''Yucca brevifolia''), and Mojave yucca (''Yucca schidigera''). The habitat dramatically shifts with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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