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a zoom over Pinto Basin to Pinto Mountain in the NW. One of the few designated hiking destinations is a 3,987 foot summit named just Pinto Mountain, a relatively isolated and prominent peak along the south side of the range, overlooking the vast, sandy flatlands of Pinto Basin; views from the top span an uninterrupted 360 degrees, "I thot this was funny" ...as there are no higher points close by.
There are sand dunes along its base. And I believe it's an important landmark relative to the San Andreas Fault lines (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geo ... _276162724).
https://www.explorumentary.com/adventur ... wilderness For the geocurious this hike treks through an array of different types of rock units ranging from Holocene cover (10,000 years ago to now) to
Proterozoic Era (up to 2.5 billion years ago). A geologist's dream. It passes through some of California's oldest rocks.
There are sand dunes along its base. And I believe it's an important landmark relative to the San Andreas Fault lines (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geo ... _276162724).
https://www.explorumentary.com/adventur ... wilderness For the geocurious this hike treks through an array of different types of rock units ranging from Holocene cover (10,000 years ago to now) to
Proterozoic Era (up to 2.5 billion years ago). A geologist's dream. It passes through some of California's oldest rocks.