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{{Short description|Protected wilderness area in California, United States}}
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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Resting Spring Range
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| photo = Resting Spring Range from Pahrump 1.jpg
| photo_caption = The Resting Spring Range as viewed from [[Pahrump, Nevada]]

| country = United States
| state = California
| region =
| district = [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]
| topo_map = Twelvemile Spring
| topo_maker = [[USGS]]

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|36|05|00|N|116|14|03|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| highest = 13667
| coordinates = {{coord|36|04|38|N|116|13|57|W|display=inline}}<ref>''Twelve Mile Springs, CA,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984</ref>
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| map = California
| map_caption = location of Resting Spring Range in [[California]]<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=255712|name=Resting Spring Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref>
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The '''Resting Spring Range''' is found in the eastern [[Mojave Desert]] of [[California]] near the [[Nevada]] state line in the [[United States]]. The range lies in a generally north–south direction to the west of the [[Nopah Range]] and southeast of the [[Amargosa Range]] and [[Greenwater Range]].

The mountains in [[Inyo County]], California, lie between the [[Amargosa River]] and [[California State Route 127]] to the west and Stewart and Chicago valleys and [[California State Route 178]] to the east.<ref>''California Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 4th ed. 2015, p 109-110 {{isbn|0899333834}}</ref>

[[Image:Resting Spring Range from Chicago Valley.jpg|thumb|left|The Resting Spring Range can be viewed from [[Chicago Valley]] in the [[Mojave Desert]].]]

==Wilderness==
Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the '''Resting Spring Range Wilderness''' protects the range between [[Death Valley National Park]] and the Nevada state line as part of the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]]. The 76,312 acre desert [[wilderness area]] is managed by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] and ranges in elevation from 2,040 feet (621 m) to 5,264 feet (1604 m) on Stewart's Peak. The [[Nopah Range|Nopah Range Wilderness]] lies to the south and the [[Death Valley Wilderness]] to the west.<ref>[https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=491#general Resting Spring Range Wilderness] - Wilderness Connect</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.blm.gov/visit/resting-spring-range-wilderness Resting Spring Range Wilderness] - BLM

[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Inyo County, California]]
[[Category:Wilderness areas of California]]

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