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{{Short description|Mountain range in Southern California}}
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[[File:Acton's brittlebrush (Encelia actoni); Coxcomb Mountains.jpg|thumb|[[Encelia actoni|Acton's brittlebrush (''Encelia actoni'')]], in the Coxcomb Mountains.]]
The '''Coxcomb Mountains''' are a [[mountain range]] in eastern [[Riverside County, California|Riverside County]], Southern [[California]], and to a small extent in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]].
==Geography==
The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of [[Joshua Tree National Park]]. They are east of the [[Eagle Mountains]] and [[Twentynine Palms, California|Twentynine Palms]], north of [[Interstate 10 in California|Interstate 10]], and southeast of the [[Sheep Hole Mountains]].
The range's highest point is Spectre Peak, at an elevation of {{convert|4482|ft|m}}, located within the park. It is at GPS latitude—longitude coordinates of N 34.026279, W -115.404748.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13411|title=Spectre Peak, California |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>
==Joshua Tree National Park==
The Coxcomb Mountains are the most rugged and sharply perpendicular mountains within [[Joshua Tree National Park]]. Being in the park's wildest and least-visited northeastern corner, their relative isolation protects their wilderness habitat.
The range is in the [[ecotone]] where [[habitats]] merge from the higher elevation [[Mojave Desert]] [[ecoregion]] and the lower elevation [[Colorado Desert]] of the [[Sonoran Desert]] ecoregion.
==See also==
*[[Camp Coxcomb]] World War 2 training camp
* [[:Category:Flora of the California desert regions|Flora of the California desert regions]]
* [[List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers]]
* [[:Category:Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert|Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert]]
* [[:Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert|Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert]]
==References==
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* California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, pg. 113
==External links==
* [http://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm Official Joshua Tree National Park website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731025755/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r1/joshua.htm Bird Checklists for Joshua Tree National Park]
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{{Protected Areas of California|NPS}}
[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Riverside County, California]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Southern California]]
[[Category:Joshua Tree National Park]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Riverside County, California]]
[[Category:Protected areas of the Mojave Desert]]
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