The Bullion Mountains are located in the

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southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of

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and Twentynine Palms. Since most of the range lies in the

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, 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.

References

*California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, pg. 106 Mountain ranges of Southern California Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California {{SanBernardinoCountyCA-geo-stub