Mecca Hills
| Mecca Hills | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,239 ft (378 m) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Colorado Desert |
| District | Riverside County |
| Range coordinates | 33°37′43″N 116°01′00″W / 33.6286°N 116.0167°WCoordinates: 33°37′43″N 116°01′00″W / 33.6286°N 116.0167°W |
| Topo map | USGS Thermal Canyon |
The Mecca Hills are a low mountain range located in the Colorado Desert, in Riverside County, southern California.
The range lies in an east-west direction.
They are located in the eastern of the Coachella Valley, west of the Chuckwalla Mountains, and south of Interstate 10. The Mecca Hills are north of the Salton Sea and south of Joshua Tree National Park, with the Orocopia Mountains to the southeast.
The area is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) designated and managed Mecca Hills Wilderness Area. The Mecca Hills are in the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert, adjacent to the Lower Colorado River Valley region.
The Wilderness Area includes narrow steep-walled canyons winding and creating a natural maze within the badlands. Uniquely faulted and folded geologic formations are the result of the San Andreas Fault, making the Mecca Hills one of the more unusual geological sites of this kind.
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