• Source: Calico Mountains (California)

    • The Calico Mountains of California are a mountain range located in the Mojave Desert. The range spans San Bernardino and Inyo counties in California.


    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

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    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).


    = Features

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    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 Paleo-Indians lithic workshop for Stone tools and a simple quarry archaeological site in the mountains also.


    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
    Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
    Protected areas of the Mojave Desert


    References



    Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas. Benchmark Maps. p. 105. ISBN 0-929591-80-1.
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calico Mountains


    External links


    Official Rainbow Basin Natural Area website
    Official Calico Ghost Town website

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