Mount Manchester

Mount Manchester is the highest peak in the Dead Mountains of extreme northeastern San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert.

Mount Manchester
View looking west
(Dead Mountains trend S-N)
Highest point
Elevation3,602 ft (1,098 m) NAVD 88[1]
Coordinates35°01′40″N 114°44′56″W[1]
Geography
LocationSan Bernardino County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeDead Mountains
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Dead Mountains Wilderness

Mount Manchester the high point of the Bureau of Land Management wilderness area which comprises most of the Dead Mountains.[2]

The Dead Mountains border the Colorado River on the east, and the Piute Wash of the Piute Valley on the west. Piute wash drains south, then turns east for 8 miles (13 km) at the south of the range to meet the Colorado River.

Mount Manchester, view from SE of Dead Mountains, at base of wash and alluvial fan-(4 mi NW of Needles)
Closer view from SE (on River Road, (west bank of Colorado River))
(Pinnacle NE of Mount Manchester is identifier)

See also

  • Category: Protected areas of the Mojave Desert

References

  1. "Dead". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  2. Dead Mountains Wilderness Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine


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