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Mojave Desert Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Clark Mountain (7907+ ft/2410+ m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	California (91%), Nevada (9%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	22,801 sq mi / 59,055 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	191 mi / 307 km North-South 253 mi / 407 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	34° 46' N; 116° 21' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Mojave Desert Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Mojave Desert Ranges.

Great Basin Ranges	Level 3 (Parent)
Northwest Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
North Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
West Central Nevada Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
East Central Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
East Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
West Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
South Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Mojave Desert Ranges	Level 4
Northwest Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Kingston Range	Level 5 (Child)
Clark Range-Ivanpah Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
McCullough Range	Level 5 (Child)
New York Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Eldorado-Newberry Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Central Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Southeast Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Mojave Desert Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Clark Mountain	7907+	2410+	Clark Range-Ivanpah Mountains
2.	New York Mountains High Point	7533	2296	New York Mountains
3.	New York Benchmark	7461	2274	New York Mountains
4.	Kingston Peak	7336	2236	Kingston Range
5.	Twin Towers	7224	2202	New York Mountains
6.	Edgar Peak	7162	2183	Central Mojave Ranges
7.	Kingston Benchmark	7146	2178	Kingston Range
8.	Peak 2149	7051	2149	Kingston Range
9.	Mitchell Point	7047	2148	Central Mojave Ranges
10.	McCullough Mountain	7026	2142	McCullough Range
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Clark Mountain	7907+	2410+	Clark Range-Ivanpah Mountains
2.	New York Mountains High Point	7533	2296	New York Mountains
3.	Kingston Peak	7336	2236	Kingston Range
4.	Edgar Peak	7162	2183	Central Mojave Ranges
5.	McCullough Mountain	7026	2142	McCullough Range
6.	Ord Mountain	6309	1923	Southern Mojave Ranges
7.	Avawatz Peak	6155	1876	Northwest Mojave Ranges
8.	Spirit Mountain	5639	1719	Eldorado-Newberry Mountains
9.	Old Woman Mountain	5325	1623	Southeast Mojave Ranges

Photos of Peaks in the Mojave Desert Ranges

Clark Mountain Looking north at Clark Mountain from the summit of the Mescal Range (2010-04-29). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.	New York Mountains High Point It is a bit of a scramble up the rock pile at the summit of the New York Mountains (2008-03-25). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kingston Peak Kingston Peak from the north (2015-11-21). Photo by Greg Gerlach. Click here for larger-size photo.	Twin Towers Twin Towers, with Live Oak Mtn(6207) the lower right bald, and Lecyr Mtn (5741) behind it. Photo by John Morrow. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mitchell Point Mitchel Point from the south (2015-11-05). Photo by Greg Gerlach. Click here for larger-size photo.	McCullough Mountain The summit from the less-frequently-climbed west approach (2018-10-14). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Granite Mountain Looking at Granite Mountain from the south. The pinnacle in the center is 1832 m (6010'). The high point is about 500' beyond the pinnacle to the right that has clouds blowing over it (2020-04-18). Photo by Bill Carpenter. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mescal Range High Point Mescal Range High Point from the ESE (2023-11-21). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Silver Peak Silver Peak from the route up Granite Mountain (2024-02-03). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ord Mountain Helipad and view while standing in the shadow of the ugly solar panels and towers on the summit (2017-12-08). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.

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