The Cottonwood Mountains are a mountain range in

Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Unit ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. They lie between the

Little San Bernardino Mountains The Little San Bernardino Mountains are a short mountain range of the Transverse Ranges, located in southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains through San Bernardino and ...

to the west, and

Eagle Mountains The Eagle Mountains are located in northeastern Riverside County, California, U.S. Geography The range lies to the north of Interstate 10 (California) off County Route R2 (California) and west— and southwest of the Coxcomb Mountains. They ar ...

to the east and the

Hexie Mountains The Hexie Mountains are a desert mountain range located in Joshua Tree National Park, in southern California. Geography The range is located in the higher northern Mojave Desert area of the park. They are north of the Cottonwood Mountains, and so ...

to the north. They are partially included in the Joshua Tree Wilderness.

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