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Northwest Mojave Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Avawatz Peak (6155 ft/1876 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	California
Area	7,140 sq mi / 18,493 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	95 mi / 153 km North-South 143 mi / 230 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	35° 18' N; 117° 19' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northwest Mojave 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 Northwest Mojave Ranges.

Mojave Desert Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Northwest Mojave Ranges	Level 5
Kingston Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Clark Range-Ivanpah Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
McCullough Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
New York Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Eldorado-Newberry Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Central Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southeast Mojave Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northwest Mojave Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Avawatz Peak	6155	1876
2.	Straw Peak	5587	1703
3.	Eagle Crags	5512	1680
4.	Pilot Knob	5430	1655
5.	Granite Mountains High Point	5295	1614
6.	Red Mountain	5261	1604
7.	Black Mountain	5244	1598
8.	Peak 5187	5187	1581
9.	Layton Benchmark	5180	1579
10.	Brown Mountain	5135	1565
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Northwest Mojave Ranges

Avawatz Peak Avawatz Mountains high point from the north (2016-03-15). Photo by Greg Gerlach. Click here for larger-size photo.	Red Mountain Red Mountain summit during rare blizzard (2013-11-22). Photo by Patrick ONeill. Click here for larger-size photo.
Black Mountain Black Mountain from Colorado Camp (2014-10-12). Photo by John Ray. Click here for larger-size photo.	El Paso Mountain Easy class 2 summit rocks (2022-03-23). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Quail Benchmark The Highpoint of the Quail Mountains, taken from the north, at Owl Benchmark (2020-12-21). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Tiefort Mountains High Point Summit towers (2015-04-18). Photo by Dan Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.
Dome Mountain Dome Mtn and its colorful foothills, as seen from Red Mtn. Snowcapped Telescope Pk in the background (2019-02-26). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Owl Benchmark The Highpoint of the Owlshead Mountains, taken from the south, at the comm site (2020-12-21). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Calico Peak Looking northeast from the summit of Calico Peak. (2016-01-23). Photo by Jay Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.	Saddleback Butte Looking west from the summit (2012-11-18). Photo by Jay Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

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