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Saddleback Butte State Park is a state park in the
California State Parks: official Saddleback Butte State Park website
State parks of California Antelope Valley Buttes of California Geography of Palmdale, California Landforms of Los Angeles County, California Parks in Los Angeles County, California Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Protected areas established in 1960 {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub
Antelope Valley
The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and t ...
of the western Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily i ...
, in Southern California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
. It is located east of Lancaster Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
...
, north of the community of Lake Los Angeles, and south of Edwards Edwards may refer to:
People
* Edwards (surname)
* Edwards family, a prominent family from Chile
* Edwards Barham (1937-2014), a former member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892), an American attorney, jurist, and ora ...
in the unincorporated community of Hi Vista.
The prominent feature and namesake of the park is Saddleback Butte, a butte
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In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and table (landform), tablelands. The word ''butte'' comes from a F ...
that is high.
Saddleback Butte State Park includes over of land, and was created in 1960 to protect the area's Joshua Tree
''Yucca brevifolia'' is a plant species belonging to the genus ''Yucca''. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca.
This monocotyledonous tree is native to the ar ...
(''Yucca brevifolia'') desert habitat.
See also
*Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are p ...
*List of California state parks
This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system.
List of parks
See also
* California State Beaches
* List of California State Historic Parks
*Parks in California
A park ...
*Protected areas of the Mojave Desert
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although t ...
Further reading
*External links
California State Parks: official Saddleback Butte State Park website
State parks of California Antelope Valley Buttes of California Geography of Palmdale, California Landforms of Los Angeles County, California Parks in Los Angeles County, California Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Protected areas established in 1960 {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub