The Sylvania Mountains are located in

Inyo County, California Inyo County () is a County (United States), county in the Eastern California, eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the po ...

and

Esmeralda County, Nevada Esmeralda County is a county in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2024 estimate, the population was 720, making it the least populous county in Nevada, and the 20th least populous county in the United States. Esm ...

in the

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. The range trends in an east–west direction, north of the

Last Chance Range The Last Chance Range of California is located near the Nevada state line in eastern Inyo County in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located i ...

at the northern end of

Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park is a national park of the United States that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern sect ...

. The

and

Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth during summer. Death Valley's Badwat ...

are to the south, Slate Ridge is to the southeast, and the Palmetto Mountains are adjacent to the east.

Sylvania Mountains Wilderness

The Sylvania Mountains Wilderness protects over of the range in California. It is managed by 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 ...

.BLM Sylvania Mountains Wilderness Area
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References

Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Mountain ranges of the Great Basin Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Esmeralda County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Inyo County, California Bureau of Land Management areas in California {{EsmeraldaCountyNV-geo-stub