• Source: Bristol Mountains

      • The Bristol Mountains are found in the Mojave Desert of California, USA, just west of Mojave National Preserve. The range, which reaches an elevation of 3,874 feet (1,181 m), is located in San Bernardino County, and crosses Interstate 40 between Ludlow and the Granite Mountains. At the southern end of the range lies the town of Amboy, the Amboy Crater, and Bristol Dry Lake.


      Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area


      Most of the Bristol Mountains is in a Federally designated Wilderness and lies within either the Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area or the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area.
      The remainder of the range is designated for Wilderness status in the proposed California Desert Protection Act of 2010.
      Project Carryall, proposed in 1963 by the Atomic Energy Commission, the California Division of Highways (now called Caltrans), and the Santa Fe Railway, would have used 22 nuclear explosions to excavate a massive roadcut through the Bristol Mountains in the Mojave Desert, to accommodate construction of Interstate 40 and a new rail line. This project would have been part of Operation Plowshare if not for public opposition.


      See also


      Cady Mountains
      Category: Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
      Category: Protected areas of the Mojave Desert


      References


      Official Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area website
      Official Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area website
      BLM Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area Map
      Bristol Mountains Wilderness photographs
      BLM Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area Map
      Kelso Dunes Wilderness photographs


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