The Coxcomb Mountains are a mountain range in eastern Riverside County , Southern California , and to a small extent in San Bernardino County .
2-573: The Coxcomb Mountains are within the easternmost area of Joshua Tree National Park . They are east of the Eagle Mountains and Twentynine Palms , north of Interstate 10 , and southeast of the Sheep Hole Mountains . The range's highest point is Spectre Peak, at an elevation of 4,482 feet (1,366 m), located within the park. It is at GPS latitude—longitude coordinates of N 34.026279, W -115.404748. The Coxcomb Mountains are
4-602: 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. This Riverside County, California -related article
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