The Eagle Mountains are located in northeastern
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most ...
, 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
The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range located in eastern Riverside County, Southern California.
Geography
The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of Joshua Tree National Park. They are east of the Eagle Mountains and Twentyni ...
. They are the location of
Eagle Mountain, the
Kaiser Steel Eagle Mountain iron mine's
ghost town, and one of the largest open pit iron ore mines, now closed, in the country.
The Eagle Mountains lie partly within eastern
Joshua Tree National Park. The mountains reach an elevation of inside the park, at the western end of the range near Cottonwood Pass.
They are in the
Colorado Desert
California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert. It encompasses approximately , including the heavily irrigated Coachella and Imperial valleys. It is home to many unique flora and fauna.
Geography and geology
The Colorado De ...
region of the
Sonoran Desert, approaching the transition to the higher
Mojave Desert at coordinates .
See also
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List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers
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List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of , it is the hottest desert in Mexico. The western portion of the Mexico–United Sta ...
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North American desert flora
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Joshua Tree National Park wiki-index
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Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
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Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
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Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...
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Protected areas of the Colorado Desert
References
External links
Official Joshua Tree National Park website
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
Mountain ranges of Riverside County, California
Mountain ranges of Southern California
Joshua Tree National Park
Protected areas of the Colorado Desert
Protected areas of Riverside County, California
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