The Calico Peaks are geologically and historically colorful mountains in the
Calico Mountains Range in the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...
of
San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, 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 th ...
and
Inyo County,
California
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.
They are located just north of
Barstow,
Yermo, and
Interstate 15
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.
Peaks
Calico Peak is in elevation in the San Bernardino County portion.
Features
The
Rainbow Basin geologic feature, in the
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands, U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than of land, or one ...
-manage
Rainbow Basin Natural Area and
Calico Ghost Town are located below the Calico Peaks in the Yermo Hills. The
Calico Early Man Site, a
prehistoric Native American archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
, is in the mountains also.
References
External links
Official Rainbow Basin Natural Area websiteCalico Ghost Town website
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Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
Mountains of San Bernardino County, California
Mountains of Inyo County, California
Tourist attractions in California
Mountains of Southern California
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