Scodie Mountains
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The Scodie Mountains are located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California
California
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 in the United States
United States
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. The range lies in an east-west direction directly west of the town of Ridgecrest and southeast of Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella
Lake Isabella is a reservoir in Kern County, California created by the earthen Isabella Dam. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two forks at Whiskey Flat. At 11,000 acres , it is one of the larger reservoirs in California...

. The mountains reach an elevation of 7,096 feet at Cathie's Peak, and lie to the north of the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern
The Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern , is located in the Mojave Desert and Southern Sierra Nevada, northwest of California City and California State Route 14, in Kern County, California....

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The range was named by the USFS for William Scodie, who established "Scodie's Store" at the mouth of what is now called Scodie Canyon (ca.1860).

Kiavah Wilderness

The Scodie Mountains are home to the Kiavah Wilderness
Kiavah Wilderness
The Kiavah Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Mojave Desert, Scodie Mountains, and Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern County, California, United States...

 Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...

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See also

  • Category: Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
  • Category: Protected areas of the Mojave Desert

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