Mount Manchester facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Manchester |
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View looking west
(Dead Mountains trend S-N) |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,602 ft (1,098 m) NAVD 88 |
| Geography | |
| Location | San Bernardino County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Dead Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Manchester is the highest peak in the Dead Mountains of extreme northeastern San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert.
Dead Mountains Wilderness
Mount Manchester the high point of the Bureau of Land Management wilderness area which comprises most of the Dead Mountains.
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)
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Closer view from SE (on River Road, (west bank of Colorado River))
(Pinnacle NE of Mount Manchester is identifier) |
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