Lakeview Mountains

The Lakeview Mountains are a range of low mountains encompassing approximately convert|30|sqmi|km2|-1 of land in western Riverside County, Southern California, at the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges.

They 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, and 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 2,673 above mean sea level. Mount Rudolph, a prominent feature at the northerly end of the range, rises to an elevation of convert|2595|ft|m|0. Reinhardt Canyon, on the easterly side of the range, is the home of the the prehistoric petroglyph known as the Hemet Maze Stone (California Historical Landmark No. 557). [wikicite | id= USGS-1 | reference= "Lakeview Quadrangle California, Map." United States Geological Survey, 1953, USGS Topographic Map, 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic), scale 1:24,000.]

The vegetation of the Lakeview Mountains consists primarily of the Coastal Sage Scrub and Chaparral plant communities. [cite web
url=http://www.rctlma.org/mshcp/volume1/sec2.html#2.1
title=Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Volume I, Section 2.0: Plan Area Description and Setting
publisher=Riverside County Transportation and Land Management Agency
date=2003-06-17
accessdate=2007-01-24]

The Lakeview Mountains are the primary visible trace of the Lakeview Mountains Pluton, consisting primarily of Cretaceous tonalite. [cite web
last = Morton
first = D.M.
url=http://www.gsajournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2F0016-7606(1969)80%5B1539%3ATLMPSC%5D2.0.CO%3B2
title=The Lakeview Mountains Pluton, Southern California Batholith Part I: Petrology and Structure
publisher=Geological Society of America
date=1969-01-23
accessdate=2007-01-24]

References

External links

* [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of01-174/lkvw_map.pdf Geologic Map of Lakeview Mountains (pdf)]