Hollow Hills Wilderness | |
Iucn Category: | IB |
Map: | California |
Relief: | 1 |
Location: | San Bernardino County, California |
Nearest City: | Baker, California |
Coordinates: | 35.372°N -116.033°W |
Established: | October 31, 1994 |
Governing Body: | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
Hollow Hills Wilderness is a 22,366-acre wilderness area located near Baker, California in the Mohave Desert. The area is located within a large bajada that slopes downward toward Silver Lake, a dry lakebed. In the east, hills rise up toward the Turquoise Mountains. The vegetation consists of creosote bush scrub, desert holly, scale scrub, and desert wildflowers. Desert tortoise, Mohave fringe-toed lizard, and colorful birds like the vermilion flycatcher inhabit the desert landscape.[1] [2]
The land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management Barstow Field Office and was established as part of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994.[3]