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Indian Wells Valley Ridgecrest, Ca El Paso Mountains El Paso Mountains, Fremont Valley, Garlock Fault  Area Description: The roads and trails of the El Paso Mountains will lead you into a region known for its dazzling multi-hued canyons, historic mining areas and primitive desert landscapes. HighwaysEcosubsectionsSearles Valley - Owlshead MountainsThis subsection includes the Slate Range, El Paso Mountains, Quail Mountains, Owlshead Mountains, southern ends of ...High Desert Plains & HillsThis subsection consists of the western Mojave Desert, which is mostly alluvial plain and pediment, with relatively ...GeomorphologyMojave Desert ProvinceThe Mojave is a broad interior region of isolated mountain ranges separated by expanses of desert plains. ...Basin and Range ProvinceThe Basin and Range is the westernmost part of the Great Basin. The province is characterized by interior drainage with lakes and playas, and ...Garlock FaultThe Garlock Fault is the defining fault between the Mojave Desert and ... |
Burro Schmidt TunnelWilliam "Burro" Schmidt spent 38 years digging through Copper Mountain in the El Paso range. ...Burro Schmidt CabinHis love for Aunt Jemima Pancakes is evidenced by the numerous boxes nailed to ...Goler GulchJohn Goller was one of the Lost '49ers who had seen gold in one of the canyons on his way ...GarlockAt first Garlock was known as El Paso City or Cow Wells interchangeably. The little town provided ...Red Rock CanyonRed Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular ...Last Chance CanyonManly and Rogers on their heroic walk to save a party of lost 49er's made their way through this rugged ...Cudahy Ghost CampThe 700 foot high pumicite outcropping in El Paso Mountains was between ...Holly MineCleanser mine located in the El Paso range.Bickel CampWalt Bickel's gold camp ...El Paso Mountains WildernessNumerous reddish-colored buttes and dark, uplifted volcanic mesas dissected by narrow canyons distinguish this ...El Paso Mountains Mining DistrictThe first recorded mining activity in the El Paso Mountains predates the Sageland discoveries by a few years, but the majority of ... |
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