Eagle Mountains
Encyclopedia
The Eagle Mountains are located in northeastern Riverside County, California
, U.S.
off Riverside County Route R2
and west— and southwest of the Coxcomb Mountains
. They are the location of Eagle Mountain
, the Kaiser Steel
Eagle Mountain iron mine's ghost town
, and one of the largest open pit iron ore mines, now closed, in the country.
The Eagle Mountains lie partly within eastern Joshua Tree National Park
. The mountains reach an elevation of 1631 metres (5,351 ft) inside the park, at the western end of the range near Cottonwood Pass.
They are in the Colorado Desert
region of the Sonoran Desert
, approaching the transition to the higher Mojave Desert
.
33.8°N 115.6°W
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Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...
, U.S.
Geography
The range lies to the north of Interstate 10Interstate 10
Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...
off Riverside County Route R2
California County Routes in zone R
In the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California, only two highways exist in the "R" zone: CR R2 and CR R3. Both of these routes are in Riverside County.-R2:County Route R2 is also known as Kaiser Road...
and west— and southwest of the Coxcomb Mountains
Coxcomb Mountains
The Coxcomb Mountains are located in Riverside County, California, where the higher Mojave Desert and lower elevation Colorado Desert region of the Sonoran Desert ecosystems and habitats meet...
. They are the location of Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain, California
Eagle Mountain, California is a modern day ghost town, in the Colorado Desert, in Riverside County founded in 1948 by noted industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel,...
, the Kaiser Steel
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser Ventures is an American corporation, headquartered in Ontario, California. It was founded by Henry J. Kaiser to provide steel plate for the Pacific Coast shipbuilding industry, which expanded during World War II, then shrank, then expanded again during the Korean War...
Eagle Mountain iron mine's ghost town
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
, and one of the largest open pit iron ore mines, now closed, in the country.
The Eagle Mountains lie partly within eastern Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California. Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act , it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua tree forests native to the park...
. The mountains reach an elevation of 1631 metres (5,351 ft) inside the park, at the western end of the range near Cottonwood Pass.
They are in the Colorado Desert
Colorado Desert
California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert, which extends across southwest North America. The Colorado Desert region encompasses approximately , reaching from the Mexican border in the south to the higher-elevation Mojave Desert in the north and from the Colorado River in...
region of the Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
, approaching the transition to the higher Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
.
33.8°N 115.6°W
See also
- List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers
- List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert)
- North American desert flora
- Joshua Tree National Park wiki-index
- Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert
- Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
- Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
- Protected areas of the Colorado Desert
External links
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