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The El Paso Mountains Wilderness was created in 1994 and now has a total of 23,780 acres (96.2 km 2). All of the wilderness is in the northern Mojave Desert in eastern Kern County, California and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is located south of Ridgecrest, California.
The El Paso Mountains Wilderness Area is within the range, managed by the BLM−Bureau of Land Management.The Last Chance Archaeological District, within the wilderness area, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kern County, California.
El Paso Mountains: California BLM California Desert District BLM CA 23,669 36.983 9,579 95.79 October 31, 1994: El Toro: El Yunque National Forest: USFS PR 10,000 16 4,000 40 December 2, 2005: Eldorado: Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada BLM Southern Nevada District NPS, BLM NV 32,016 50.025 12,956 129.56 November 6, 2002: Elkhorn Ridge
The forest encompasses 1,106,604 acres (4,478 km 2) within Clear Creek, Teller, Park, Jefferson, Douglas and El Paso counties. The major rivers draining the forest are the South Platte and Fountain Creek. Rampart Reservoir is a large artificial body of water located within the forest. The forest is named after American explorer Zebulon Pike.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains, east of El Paso, Texas.The mountain range includes Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,751 feet (2,667 m), and El Capitan used as a landmark by travelers on the route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line.
The West Potrillo Mountains are a mountain range in south central Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.They are located approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest of El Paso, Texas, 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Deming, New Mexico Most of the mountains are located on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the ...
The park is named after the Franklin Mountains, a mountainous range that extends 23 mi (37 km) from El Paso to New Mexico. Its headquarters are located at an elevation of 5,426 feet (1,654 m) with the highest peak, North Franklin Mountain , reaching 7,192 feet (2,192 m). [ 2 ]
The East Potrillo Mountains lie within the Chihuahuan Desert.The climate is arid and continental. Weather records in nearby El Paso, Texas show that the average daily maximum temperature over the course of the year is 77.3 degrees Fahrenheit, with an average daily minimum of 50.1 degrees Fahrenheit.