Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the Mesquite Wilderness and the North Mesquite Mountains Wildernss are managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and divided by Kingston Road. The 28,955 acre North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness is in the northwestern section of the range and includes the broad western end of Sandy Valley. Rolling brown foothills, a few steeper mountains, and medium-sized buttes comprise the reddish-brown geologic features in the wilderness. The Kingston Range Wilderness is to the west.[2] The 44,804 acre Mesquite Wilderness includes the southeastern part of the range and is bordered by the Stateline Wilderness to the east.[3]
Flora and faunaedit
Vegetation of this area is characteristic of the mid-elevations of the eastern Mojave Desert. Dominant vegetation includes creosote brush scrub, blackbush scrub, Joshua tree woodland, yucca, cacti, and some grasses.
Wildlife is also typical for the Mojave Desert; including coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, quail, roadrunners, rattlesnakes and several species of lizards. The southern tip of the wilderness provides critical habitat for the desert tortoise.
mesquite, mountains, also, mesquite, hills, arizona, mountain, range, eastern, bernardino, county, california, near, border, with, nevada, they, north, interstate, california, southeast, death, valley, location, california, highest, pointelevation1, geographyc. See also Mesquite Hills and Mesquite Mountains Arizona The Mesquite Mountains are a mountain range in eastern San Bernardino County California near the border with Nevada 1 They are north of Interstate 15 in California and southeast of Death Valley Mesquite MountainsMesquite Mountainslocation of Mesquite Mountains in California 1 Highest pointElevation1 321 m 4 334 ft GeographyCountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaDistrictSan Bernardino CountyRange coordinates35 43 9 913 N 115 42 37 025 W 35 71942028 N 115 71028472 W 35 71942028 115 71028472Topo mapUSGS Mesquite Mountains Contents 1 Wilderness 2 Flora and fauna 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksWilderness editEstablished in 1994 by the U S Congress the Mesquite Wilderness and the North Mesquite Mountains Wildernss are managed by the U S Bureau of Land Management and divided by Kingston Road The 28 955 acre North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness is in the northwestern section of the range and includes the broad western end of Sandy Valley Rolling brown foothills a few steeper mountains and medium sized buttes comprise the reddish brown geologic features in the wilderness The Kingston Range Wilderness is to the west 2 The 44 804 acre Mesquite Wilderness includes the southeastern part of the range and is bordered by the Stateline Wilderness to the east 3 Flora and fauna editVegetation of this area is characteristic of the mid elevations of the eastern Mojave Desert Dominant vegetation includes creosote brush scrub blackbush scrub Joshua tree woodland yucca cacti and some grasses Wildlife is also typical for the Mojave Desert including coyote black tailed jackrabbits ground squirrels kangaroo rats quail roadrunners rattlesnakes and several species of lizards The southern tip of the wilderness provides critical habitat for the desert tortoise See also editCategory Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Category Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Category Flora of the California desert regionsReferences edit a b Mesquite Mountains Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved 2009 05 04 North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness Wilderness Connect Mesquite Wilderness Wilderness ConnectExternal links editNorth Mesquite Mountains Wilderness BLM Mesquite Wilderness BLM nbsp This San Bernardino County California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mesquite Mountains amp oldid 1052942966, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
