Lakeview Mountains Explained

Lakeview Mountains
Country:	United States
State:	California
District:	Riverside County
Topo Map:	Lakeview
Topo Maker:	USGS
Range:	Peninsular Ranges
Range Coordinates:	33.7828°N -117.0859°W
Elevation M:	628
Biome:	California chaparral and woodlands
Map:	California
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	220

The Lakeview Mountains are a range of low mountains encompassing approximately 30sqmi of land in western Riverside County, Southern California, at the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges System.

Geography

The Lakeview Mountains are bordered:

• on the south by State Highway 74 and the communities of Homeland and Green Acres
• on the east by the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto
• on the west by the Perris Valley and the community of Nuevo
• on the north by the community of Lakeview and the San Jacinto River. The communities of Juniper Flats and MacLean Ranch are located within the Lakeview Mountains.

The highest point in the Lakeview Mountains is at elevation 2673feet above mean sea level. Mount Rudolph, a prominent feature at the northerly end of the range, rises to an elevation of 25950NaN0.

PetroglyphReinhardt Canyon, on the easterly side of the range, is the home of the prehistoric petroglyph known as the Hemet Maze Stone (California Historical Landmark No. 557).^[1]

Flora

The vegetation of the Lakeview Mountains consists primarily of the Coastal Sage Scrub and Montane chaparral and woodlands plant communities.^[2]

Geology

The Lakeview Mountains are the primary visible trace of the Lakeview Mountains Pluton, consisting primarily of Cretaceous tonalite.^[3]

See also

• California chaparral and woodlands

External links

• Geologic Map of Lakeview Mountains (pdf)

Notes and References

1. Lakeview Quadrangle California, Map. United States Geological Survey, 1953, USGS Topographic Map, 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic), scale 1:24,000.
2. Web site: Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Volume I, Section 2.0: Plan Area Description and Setting. Riverside County Transportation and Land Management Agency. 2003-06-17. 2007-01-24.
3. Web site: Morton. D.M.. The Lakeview Mountains Pluton, Southern California Batholith Part I: Petrology and Structure. Geological Society of America. 1969-01-23. 2007-01-24.