Resting Spring Range

{{Short description|Protected wilderness area in California, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain  | name = Resting Spring Range | native_name = | other_name =  | etymology =  | image = Resting Spring Range from Pahrump 1.jpg | image_caption = The Resting Spring Range as viewed from Pahrump, Nevada  | country = United States | state = California | region = | district = Inyo County | topo_map = Twelvemile Spring | topo_maker = USGS  | borders_on =  | range_coordinates = {{coord|36|05|00|N|116|14|03|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | highest = 13667 | coordinates = {{coord|36|04|38|N|116|13|57|W|display=inline}}<ref>''Twelve Mile Springs, CA,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984</ref> | length_mi = | length_orientation = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | area_mi2 =  | geology = | orogeny = | age =  | map = California | map_caption = location of Resting Spring Range in California<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=255712|name=Resting Spring Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> }} The '''Resting Spring Range''' is found in the eastern Mojave Desert of California near the Nevada state line in the United States. The range lies in a generally north–south direction to the west of the Nopah Range and southeast of the Amargosa Range and Greenwater Range.

The mountains in Inyo County, California, lie between the Amargosa River and California State Route 127 to the west and Stewart and Chicago valleys and California State Route 178 to the east.<ref>''California Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 4th ed. 2015, p 109-110 {{isbn|0899333834}}</ref>

[[Image:Resting Spring Range from Chicago Valley.jpg|thumb|left|The Resting Spring Range can be viewed from Chicago Valley in the Mojave Desert.]]

==Wilderness== Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the '''Resting Spring Range Wilderness''' protects the range between Death Valley National Park and the Nevada state line as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The 76,312 acre desert wilderness area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and ranges in elevation from 2,040 feet (621 m) to 5,264 feet (1604 m) on Stewart's Peak. The Nopah Range Wilderness lies to the south and the Death Valley Wilderness to the west.<ref>[https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=491#general Resting Spring Range Wilderness] - Wilderness Connect</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.blm.gov/visit/resting-spring-range-wilderness Resting Spring Range Wilderness] - BLM

Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert Category:Mountain ranges of Inyo County, California Category:Wilderness areas of California