The Calico Mountains of California are a mountain range located in the Mojave Desert. The range spans San Bernardino and Inyo counties in California.

Calico Mountains
Calico Mountains behind Calico Ghost Town.
Highest point
Peak	Calico Peak
Elevation	1,368.86 m (4,491.0 ft)
Geography
Location of Calico Mountains in California[1]
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Mojave Desert
District	San Bernardino County & Inyo County
Features	Calico Early Man Site, Rainbow Basin and Calico Ghost Town
Range coordinates	34°58′25″N 116°50′36″W
Topo map	USGS Salsberry Peak, Yermo

Geography

The Calico Mountains are geologically colorful range that lie in a northwest-southeast direction, and are located just north of Barstow and Yermo, and of Interstate 15.

Historic Pickhandle Pass and Jackhammer Gap lie at the northern end of the mountains on Fort Irwin Road, with the Fort Irwin Military Reservation nearby. The Calico Mountains have been active in California mining history.

Peaks

Calico Peak, the highest point, is 4,491-foot (1,369 m) in elevation, in the San Bernardino County portion of the range (N 34.995259 and W -116.838369).[2]

Features

The Rainbow Basin geologic feature, in the Bureau of Land Management managed Rainbow Basin Natural Area, is just north of Barstow.

Calico Ghost Town is located in the Yermo Hills (Calico Hills) at the western edge of the Calico Mountains, north of Yermo.

The Calico Early Man Site is a Paleo-Indians lithic workshop for Stone tools and a simple quarry archaeological site in the mountains also.

See also

Calico Mountains namesakes

• Calico and Odessa Railroad
• Calico Early Man Site
• Calico Ghost Town
• Calico Peaks
• Calico Print—publication

Local history

• Borate and Daggett Railroad ( site )
• Waterloo Mining Railroad ( site )
• Francis Marion Smith ( mining )

Related

• Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
• Protected areas of the Mojave Desert

References

• Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas. Benchmark Maps. p. 105. ISBN 0-929591-80-1.
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calico Mountains

External links

• Official Rainbow Basin Natural Area website
• Official Calico Ghost Town website