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San Jacinto Mountains
The San Jacinto Mountains are short mountain range east of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. The range extends for approximately 30 mi (48 km) southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains (from which it is separated by San Gorgonio Pass ) to the north end of the Santa Rosa Mountains. The highest peak in the range is San Jacinto Peak, which overlooks the town of Palm Springs at the north end of the Coachella Valley, which stretches along the eastern side of the range.
The San Jacinto Mountains are the northernmost of the Peninsular Ranges, which run 1500 km (900 miles) from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.
Much of the range is embraced by the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument created in 2000. Mount San Jacinto State Park is located along the flank of San Jacinto Peak. Part of the eastern flank of the range is located within the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation .
In 1990 the California Legislature created the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy to protect the mountains surrounding the valley.
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