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Sand to Snow National Monument

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[1 : Overview]
[2 : Mission Creek]
[3 : Whitewater]
[4 : Big Morongo]
[5 : Flat Top Butte]
[6 : Around San Gorgonio Mountain]
[7 : San Gorgonio Wilderness]
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Sand to Snow National Monument owes its name to the dramatic elevation difference between the Sonoran Desert floor (about 1,000 feet) and the 11,500-foot San Gorgonio Mountain, the highest peak in Southern California. That topographic gradient has made Sand to Snow possibly the most botanically diverse national monument in America. No roads penetrate its 240 square miles (154,000 acres) interior, most of it a designated wilderness, however, the lower parts of Sand to Snow National Monument on the east are quite accessible thanks to a trio of developed nature preserves on its outskirts.

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Wildflowers at sunrise with distant snowy San Giorgono Mountain. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) San Gorgonio Mountain from Whitewater Preserve, sunset. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of valley, Mission Creek Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers and San Giorgono Mountains, Mission Creek Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) San Giorgono Mountains from Mission Creek valley. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Snow-capped San Gorgonio Mountain. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Brittlebush in bloom and San Jacinto Mountains. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Riparian desert vegetation in the spring, Mission Creek. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Desert in bloom, Mission Creek. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Fremont Cottonwood with bare branches, Mission Creek Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Brittlebush and cloud-capped San Bernardino Mountains. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Pond, trees in spring, and cliffs, Whitewater Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Whitewater River and San Bernardino Mountains, Whitewater Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Little San Bernardino Mountains, Big Morongo Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) California native palm trees, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Palm tree trunk, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Riparian vegetation in winter, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Tree with new leaves, Big Morongo Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Yuccas and woodlands in the spring from above, Big Morongo Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Yuccas, marsh area, and trees, Big Morongo Preserve. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Black Lava Butte and boulders. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Desert wildflower carpet, Flat Top Butte. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers, yucca and boulders, Flat Top Butte. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Wildflowers growing among boulders. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Forest with fresh snow, Valley of the Falls. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Pine trees, low clouds, and Galena Peak in winter. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Galena Peak from San Gorgonio Mountain. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of pine forest and Grinnel Mountain in winter. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color) Aerial view of Grinnell Mountain, winter sunrise. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA (Panoramic color) Looking down Valley of the Falls, winter sunset. Sand to Snow National Monument, California, USA ( color)
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