The Newberry Mountains of

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are located southeast of Barstow in 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 ...

, in

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. The

Rodman Mountains The Rodman Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The range is located south of Interstate 40 and Newberry Springs, California, Newberry Springs, and east of the Ord Mountains and northwest ...

lie to the southeast of the range, while the

Ord Mountains The Ord Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of southern California, USA. The range lies in a generally east–west direction, and reaches an elevation of above sea level at East Ord Mountain. The range is approximately long, and is about ...

lie to the southwest. Historic

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and contemporary

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, along with

Newberry Springs, California Newberry Springs is an unincorporated community in the western Mojave Desert of Southern California, located at the foot of the Newberry Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Newberry Spring is a spring that in the 19t ...

are just to the north.

Newberry Mountains Wilderness Area

The range is home to the Newberry Mountains Wilderness which consists of 26,102 acres. Established in 1994, the

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is managed by the U.S.

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. Elevations in the area range from 2,200 feet (670 m) to 5,100 feet (1554 m). Th
Azucar Mine
is in the mountains also.

Notes

References

External links

Newberry Mountains Wilderness
- BLM

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