Granite Mountains (Riverside County, California)
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| Granite Mountains | |
|---|---|
  Granite Mountains location of Granite Mountains in Riverside County, California[1] | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,326 m (4,350 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| District | Riverside County |
| Range coordinates | 33°58′13″N 115°04′22″W / 33.97028°N 115.07278°W |
| Topo map | USGS Palen Pass |
The Granite Mountains are a mountain range in northern Riverside County, California, United States. The range is east of Joshua Tree National Park, and is one of four mountain ranges in the Mojave Desert to share this name. The range is about 12 miles northwest to southeast, and about 4 miles wide. It is in the Palen/McCoy Wilderness, administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[2]
The range is in the southeast part of the Granite Pass USGS topographic quadrangle map, in the southwest part of East of Granite Pass, the northeast corner of West of Palen Pass, and the northern part of Palen Pass. The range is east of the Coxcomb Mountains in Joshua Tree Wilderness, south of Iron Mountain, West of the Arica Mountains and the Little Maria Mountains, and north of the Palen Mountains. The high point is 4351 feet above sea level, at 33.9701741N, -115.0728024W.[3]