Bristol Mountains
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Bristol Mountain Ski Resort
Bristol Mountain Ski Resort, also known as Bristol Mountain Winter Resort, is a ski resort located in South Bristol, New York in the Finger Lakes region. It is located from the center of Rochester, New York, the nearest major city to the resort, and about from Canandaigua on State Route 64...

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The Bristol Mountains are found in the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...

 of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, USA, just west of Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve
Mojave National Preserve is located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, USA, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994 with the passage of the California Desert Protection Act by the US Congress...

. The range, which reaches an elevation of 3,874 feet (1,181 m), is located in San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...

, and crosses Interstate 40
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...

 between Ludlow
Ludlow, California
Ludlow is a small town in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 40, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The older remains of the ghost town are along historic Route 66.-Geography:...

 and the Granite Mountains
Granite Mountains (California)
The Granite Mountains is a small mountain range in San Bernardino County, California, USA, located in the Mojave Desert.They are in the Mojave National Preserve, in the National Park Service system.-Geography:...

. At the southern end of the range lies the town of Amboy
Amboy, California
Amboy is an unincorporated town in San Bernardino County, in California's Mojave Desert, west of Needles and east of Ludlow on historic Route 66. It is roughly 60 miles northeast of Twentynine Palms.-Geography:...

, the Amboy Crater
Amboy Crater
Amboy Crater and Lava Field is an extinct North American cinder cone type of volcano that rises above a lava field in southern California. They are located in the Mojave Desert equidistant and about between Barstow to the west and Needles to the east, and southwest of historic U.S. Route 66, in...

, and Bristol Dry Lake
Bristol Dry Lake
Bristol Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, northeast of Twentynine Palms.Bristol Lake is located directly south of Amboy, California and U.S. Route 66, and is north of Cadiz, California...

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Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area

Most of the Bristol Mountains is in a Federally designated Wilderness
National Wilderness Preservation System
The National Wilderness Preservation System of the United States protects federally managed land areas designated for preservation in their natural condition. It was established by the Wilderness Act upon the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3, 1964...

 and lies within either the Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area or the Kelso Dunes Wilderness Area.

The remainder of the range is designated for Wilderness status in the proposed California Desert Protection Act of 2010
California Desert Protection Act of 2010
The California Desert Protection Act of 2010 is legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. The stated aim of the legislation is to provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the California Desert Conservation Area..-Overview:The...

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See also

  • Cady Mountains
    Cady Mountains
    The Cady Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, California.They are found in southeastern California between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40, just east of Newberry Springs...

  • Category: Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert
  • Category: Protected areas of the Mojave Desert


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