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Lakeview Mountains
MazeStone.jpg
Hemet Maze Stone
Highest point
Elevation 628 m (2,060 ft)
Geography
Lakeview Mountains is located in California
Lakeview Mountains
Location in California
Country United States
State California
District Riverside County
Range coordinates 33°46′58.070″N 117°5′9.106″W / 33.78279722°N 117.08586278°W / 33.78279722; -117.08586278
Parent range Peninsular Ranges
Topo map USGS Lakeview
Biome California chaparral and woodlands

The Lakeview Mountains are a range of low mountains encompassing approximately 30 square miles (80 km2) of land in western Riverside County, Southern California, at the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges System.

Geography

The Lakeview Mountains are bordered:

The highest point in the Lakeview Mountains is at elevation 2,673 feet (815 m) above mean sea level. Mount Rudolph, a prominent feature at the northerly end of the range, rises to an elevation of 2,595 ft (791 m).

Petroglyph

Reinhardt Canyon, on the easterly side of the range, is the home of the prehistoric petroglyph known as the Hemet Maze Stone (California Historical Landmark No. 557).

Natural history

The vegetation of the Lakeview Mountains consist primarily of the Coastal Sage Scrub and Montane chaparral and woodlands plant communities.

The Lakeview Mountains are the primary visible trace of the Lakeview Mountains Pluton, consisting primarily of Cretaceous tonalite.

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