New York Mountains

New York Mountains

New York Mountains from Nipton Road
across the Ivanpah Valley
Highest point
Elevation 7,533 ft (2,296 m)
Coordinates 35°15.524′N 115°18.686′W / 35.258733°N 115.311433°W / 35.258733; -115.311433
Dimensions
Length 30 mi (48 km) SW-NE
Width 14 mi (23 km)
Geography

New York Mountains of California–Nevada [1]

Country United States
States California and Nevada
Region Mojave National Preserve
((southeast)-Mojave Desert)
Settlement Ivanpah, CA–Cima, CA
Range coordinates 35°22′12″N 115°09′42″W / 35.37°N 115.1617°W / 35.37; -115.1617Coordinates: 35°22′12″N 115°09′42″W / 35.37°N 115.1617°W / 35.37; -115.1617
Topo map USGS Castle Peaks

The New York Mountains are found in northeastern San Bernardino County in California, USA; the range's northeastern area lies in southeastern Nevada. The range lies just south of the small community of Ivanpah, and north of the Lanfair Valley. The mountains are part of the mountain ranges, cones, mountains, and landforms in the Mojave National Preserve. The mountains reach an elevation of 7,533 feet (2,296 m),[2] and run in a mostly southwest-northeasterly direction between the Providence Mountains and the McCullough Range approximately five miles into Nevada and border the northwest corner of the Piute Valley of Nevada-California.

The New York Mountains are part of the southeast border of the Great Basin Divide. The Piute Wash Watershed[3] empties eastward into the Colorado River.

Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains

Description

The New York Mountains are a southwest by northeast trending range, about 30 miles (48 km) long with the northeast in Nevada. Searchlight, Nevada lies to the northeast across the Piute Valley. The Castle Mountains lie to the southeast with the Piute Range adjacent to the southeast.[4][5]

The northeast flowing Ivanpah Valley drains the northwest side of the New York Mountains with the Ivanpah Mountains across the valley to the northwest.[5] The McCullough Range of Nevada lies adjacent to the north.[4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "New York Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ Unnamed peak, Peakbagger
  3. ↑ Piute Wash Watershed, EPA
  4. 1 2 Mesquite Lake, California–Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985
  5. 1 2 Ivanpah, California–Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985

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