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The Coyote Mountains are a small mountain range in San Diego and Imperial County in Southern California. [1] [2] The Coyotes form a narrow ESE trending 2 mi (3.2 km) wide range with a length of about 12 mi (19 km). The southeast end turns and forms a 2 mi (3.2 km) north trending "hook".
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a unit in the state park system of California, United States, preserving a small sandstone cave adorned with rock art attributed to the Chumash people. Adjoining the small community of Painted Cave , the site is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of California State Route 154 and 11 miles (18 km ...
Coyote Valley is an area located in a narrowing of the southern Santa Clara Valley, in Northern California. [2] Coyote Valley is approximately 7,400 acres (2,995 ha) in size and largely composed of farmland, orchards, open space preserves, and homes.
The monument is located on the Pacific Flyway, and the bald eagle winters in the northern portion of the wilderness area. The National Park Service manages the Lava Beds wilderness area and has several restrictions in place. Camping is prohibited near cave entrances or trails. Open campfires may be prohibited during very hot and dry weather.
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
The East Coyote Hills are a low mountain range in northern Orange County, California, mostly in the cities of Fullerton and Placentia. [1] The hills received their name from the nearby Rancho Los Coyotes; by the 1870s they were being called Coyote Hills. [2] Most of the East Coyote Hills were developed as residential areas in the 1980s and 1990s.
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is a national monument of the United States comprising 344,476 acres (139,404 ha) of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties in northern California. [1] Cache Creek Wilderness is located within the monument.
Of the three new "primitive areas" located in northern California, the Middle Eel–Yolla Bolla Primitive Area was the largest at 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). The size was reduced to 107,195 acres (43,380 ha) in 1931. By the close of 1932 California had eighteen new primitive areas protecting 1,900,000 acres (770,000 ha). [6]