The Tejon Hills are a low
mountain range in the
Transverse Ranges, in southern
Kern County,
California.
The highest point of the hills is Comanche Mountain, at in elevation.
They are completely within property owned by the
Tejon Ranch corporation. A conservation easement is currently managed by the Tejon Ranch Conservancy.
Geography
The Tejon Hills run below the western face of the
Tehachapi Mountains, along the edge of the
San Joaquin Valley. They are approximately west of the town of
Tehachapi, south of
Arvin, and east of
Wheeler Ridge,
Interstate 5, and
U.S. Route 99
U.S. Route 99 (US 99) was a main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the US–Mexico border to Blaine, Washington, on the U.S.-Canada border ...
.
Natural history
They are formed of uplifted marine sediment deposits, unlike the adjacent Tehachapi Mountains of
igneous materials related to the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
on the north.
The soil has a predominant alkaline ph, and supports several locally endemic plant species.
References
Mountain ranges of Kern County, California
Tehachapi Mountains
Hills of California
Geography of the San Joaquin Valley
Transverse Ranges
Mountain ranges of Southern California
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