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Orocopia Mountains
Orocopia Mountains
Highest point
Elevation1,117 m (3,665 ft)
Geography
Orocopia Mountains is located in California
Orocopia Mountains
Orocopia Mountains
location of Orocopia Mountains in California[1]
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictRiverside County
Range coordinates33°34′00″N 115°46′33″W / 33.56667°N 115.77583°W / 33.56667; -115.77583
Topo mapUSGS Orocopia Canyon

The Orocopia Mountains are located in Riverside County in southern California, United States, east of the Coachella Valley, west of the Chuckwalla Mountains, and south of Interstate 10 in the Colorado Desert. The range lies in an east-west direction, and is approximately 18 miles long. The Orocopia Mountains are north of and overlooking the Salton Sea and south of Joshua Tree National Park, with the Chocolate Mountains to the southeast and the scenic Mecca Hills just northwest.

  1. ^ "Orocopia Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

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