Calico Mountains (California)
Mountain range in California, United States
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The Calico Mountains of California are a mountain range located in the Mojave Desert. The range spans San Bernardino and Inyo counties in California.
| Calico Mountains | |
|---|---|
Calico Mountains behind Calico Ghost Town. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Calico Peak |
| Elevation | 4,491 feet (1,369 m) |
| Geography | |
  Calico Mountains Location within California | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Mojave Desert |
District(s) | San Bernardino County & Inyo County |
Features | |
Range coordinates | 34°58′25″N 116°50′36″W |
| Topo map(s) | USGS Salsberry Peak, Yermo |
Geography
The Calico Mountains are geologically colorful range that lie in a northwest-southeast direction, and are located just north of Barstow and Yermo, and of Interstate 15.
Historic Pickhandle Pass and Jackhammer Gap lie at the northern end of the mountains on Fort Irwin Road, with the Fort Irwin Military Reservation nearby. The Calico Mountains have been active in California mining history.
Peaks
Calico Peak, the highest point, is 4,491-foot (1,369 m) in elevation, in the San Bernardino County portion of the range (N 34.995259 and W -116.838369).[1]
Features
The Rainbow Basin geologic feature, in the Bureau of Land Management managed Rainbow Basin Natural Area, is just north of Barstow.
Calico Ghost Town is located in the Yermo Hills (Calico Hills) at the western edge of the Calico Mountains, north of Yermo.
The Calico Early Man Site is a claimed Paleo-Indians lithic workshop for Stone tools and a simple quarry archaeological site in the mountains also.
Architectural stone
Stone from the Calico Mountains was used in the interior of the 1968 Volcano House at nearby Newberry Springs.[2]
See also
- Calico Mountains namesakes
- Calico and Odessa Railroad
- Calico Early Man Site
- Calico Ghost Town
- Calico Peaks
- Calico Print—publication
- Local history
- Borate and Daggett Railroad ( site )
- Waterloo Mining Railroad ( site )
- Francis Marion Smith ( mining )
- Related