Mecca Hills

Mecca Hills
Highest point
Elevation1,239 ft (378 m)
Geography
Mecca Hills is located in California
Mecca Hills
Mecca Hills
location of Mecca Hills in California[1]
Mecca Hills is located in the United States
Mecca Hills
Mecca Hills
Mecca Hills (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionColorado Desert
DistrictRiverside County
Range coordinates33°37′43″N 116°01′00″W / 33.62861°N 116.01667°W / 33.62861; -116.01667
Topo mapUSGS Thermal Canyon

The Mecca Hills are a low mountain range located in Riverside County, southern California, in the United States.

The Mecca Hills are in the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert, adjacent to the Lower Colorado River Valley region. The range lies in an east-west direction, east 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Mecca Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.