Martinez Mountain (Riverside County)

Martinez Mountain
Martinez Mountain
	A view of Martinez Mountain from Pinyon Crest
Highest point
Elevation	6,562 ft (2,000 m)
Geography
	Martinez Mountain location of Martinez Mountain in California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Riverside County
Range coordinates	33°33′26.24″N 116°20′43.46″W / 33.5572889°N 116.3454056°W
Parent range	Santa Rosa Mountains

Martinez Mountain is a mountain summit of the Santa Rosa Mountains, in Riverside County, California.^[1]

History

Martinez Mountain lies along a Cahuilla trail that was once used to get from the Coachella Valley to the Santa Rosa Mountains.^[2]

Martinez Mountain is described as being a part of the Western Sonoran Mountain Woodland and Shrubland.^[3] Examples of flora include Singleleaf Pinyon, California Juniper and Mountain Mahogany. Herbivores include Bighorn sheep and Mule Deer, while predators include Mountain Lions and Coyotes.

1 2 "Martinez Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
↑ "Following ancestral Cahuilla trail, Torres Martinez tribe and local hiker to lead three-day November hike". Desert Sun. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
↑ Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., Smith, D.W., Cook, T.D., Tallyn, E., Moseley, K., and Johnson, C.B., 2016, Ecoregions of California (poster): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1021, with map, scale 1:1,100,000, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161021.