The New York Mountains are a small
mountain range found in northeastern
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181 ...
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
Lanfair Valley is located in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California near the Nevada state line. It is bounded on the north by the New York Mountains and Castle Mountains, on the east by the Piute Range, and on the south by the Woods Moun ...
. The mountains are part of the mountain ranges, cones, mountains, and landforms in the
Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the passage of ...
. The mountains reach an elevation of , and run in a mostly southwest-northeasterly direction between the
Providence Mountains
The Providence Mountains are found in the eastern Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, U.S. The range reaches an elevation of at Edgar Peak and is home to the Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve in the Providence Mountains State ...
and the
McCullough Range
The mountains in the McCullough Range lie mostly above the city of Henderson in the U.S. state of Nevada. The range has two distinct areas with the northern portion being primarily volcanic in origin, while the southern part of the range is prima ...
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 Great Basin Divide in the western United States is the ridgeline that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed, which completely surrounds it.
The Great Basin is the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of Nor ...
. The
Piute Wash Watershed
Piute Wash Watershed, EPA
/ref> empties eastward into the Colorado River
The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. sta ...
.
Description
The New York Mountains are a southwest by northeast trending range, about long with the northeast in Nevada. Searchlight, Nevada
Searchlight is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, at the topographic saddle between two mountain ranges. At the 2020 census it had a population of 445.
History
According to U.S. Sena ...
and Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada lie to the northeast and east, respectively, across the Piute Valley. The Castle Mountains lie to the southeast with the Piute Range adjacent to the southeast.[''Mesquite Lake, California–Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985][''Ivanpah, California–Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985]
The northeast flowing Ivanpah Valley
The Ivanpah Valley is in southeastern California and southern Nevada in the United States. The valley is between the New York Mountains and the Ivanpah Mountains in San Bernardino County on the California side, and in Clark County on the Nevada ...
drains the northwest side of the New York Mountains with the Ivanpah Mountains across the valley to the northwest.[ The ]McCullough Range
The mountains in the McCullough Range lie mostly above the city of Henderson in the U.S. state of Nevada. The range has two distinct areas with the northern portion being primarily volcanic in origin, while the southern part of the range is prima ...
of Nevada lies adjacent to the north.[
]
See also
*Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the passage of ...
References
External links
New York Mountains, Peakbagger
(1712.06m)
Piute Wash Watershed, EPA, Nevada to California
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Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mojave National Preserve
Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California
Mountain ranges of Clark County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Southern California
Mountain ranges of Nevada
Mountain ranges of the Lower Colorado River Valley