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The Santa Rosa Mountains are a short Peninsular Range east of Los Angeles and northeast of San Diego in southern California in the United States . The mountains extend for approximately 30 mi (48 km) through Riverside , San Diego , and Imperial counties along the western side of the Coachella Valley . The range connects on the northern end to the San Jacinto Mountains . The highest peak in the range is Toro Peak (elevation 8,716 ft.), located approximately 22 mi (35 km) south of Palm Springs . Most of the northern half of the range in Riverside County is within the Santa Rosa And San Jacinto Mountains National Monument created in 2000 . The southern end of the range west of the Salton Sea is within the northwest corner of the expansive Anza-Borrego Desert State Park . In 1990 the California Legislature created the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy to protect the range and other mountains surrounding the valley. The Palms-to-Pines Highway (California State Highway 74) crosses the northern end of the range where it meets the San Jacinto Mountains. Early maps of the region showed the mountains as a southern extension of the higher San Jacinto Mountains. The name "Santa Rosa Mountains" first came into use by the USGS in 1901 . The range contains an extensive population of Peninsular Bighorn Sheep . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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