The Ord Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...

 of southern California

California

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, USA

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. The range lies in a generally east-west direction, and reaches an elevation of 6068 feet (1,849.5 m) above sea level at East Ord Mountain. The range is approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) long, and is about 17 mi (27.4 km) southeast of the city of Barstow

Barstow, California

Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 22,639 at the 2010 census, up from 21,119 at the 2000 census. Barstow is located north of San Bernardino....

. The Ord Mountains lie directly north of the Lucerne Valley and the San Bernardino Mountains

San Bernardino Mountains

The San Bernardino Mountains are a short transverse mountain range north and east of San Bernardino in Southern California in the United States. The mountains run for approximately 60 miles east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County, north of the...

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