The Calumet Mountains are a mountain range in

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. They are north of

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and adjacent to the

Sheep Hole Mountains The Sheep Hole Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, to the north of Joshua Tree National Park, in San Bernardino County, California. The mountains were once Chemehuevi hunting grounds. The mountain range lies between the Bulli ...

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 ...

. The highest point is .

Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area

The

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designated and manages the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area, which includes the Calumet Mountains, within

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Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area
The 194,861-acre (approximate) Sheephole Valley Wilderness is a perfect representation of the basin and range topography typical in the Mojave Desert. The area consists of the northwest to southeast trending granitic boulder strewn Calumet Mountains and

, and is adjacent to the northern boundary of

.http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/sheephole_valley.html . accessed 6/20/2010

References

External links

Official Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area websiteSheephole Valley Wilderness Area Map
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