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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
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off
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and west— and southwest of the Coxcomb Mountains. They are the location of Eagle Mountain, the
Kaiser Steel Kaiser Steel was a steel mill near Fontana, California, founded by Henry J. Kaiser on December 1, 1941. The plant's first blast furnace, "Bess No. 1" (named after Kaiser's wife) was fired up on December 30, 1942, and the first steel plate was p ...
Eagle Mountain iron mine's
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), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * Ghost Town (1956 film), ''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 Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs. It is named after the Joshua trees (''Yucca brevifolia'') native to the Mojave Desert. Origin ...
. 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 The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...
, approaching the transition to the higher
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 ...
at coordinates .


See also

*
List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers The wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, and some after the summer "monsoons." '' Amsinckia menziesii'' * Common name: common fiddleneck * Flowers bloom March through May Image:Amsinckia i ...
* List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name *
North American desert flora North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...
* Joshua Tree National Park wiki-index *
Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
*
Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher ...
*
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 ...
*
Protected areas of the Colorado 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 ...


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 {{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub