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Mount Manchester
Dead Mountains from Mohave Valley 1.jpg
View looking west
(Dead Mountains trend S-N)
Highest point
Elevation 3,602 ft (1,098 m) NAVD 88
Geography
Location San Bernardino County, California, U.S.
Parent range Dead Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route Hike

Mount Manchester is the highest peak in the Dead Mountains of extreme northeastern San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert.

Dead Mountains Wilderness

Mount Manchester the high point of the Bureau of Land Management wilderness area which comprises most of the Dead Mountains.

The Dead Mountains border the Colorado River on the east, and the Piute Wash of the Piute Valley on the west. Piute wash drains south, then turns east for 8 miles (13 km) at the south of the range to meet the Colorado River.

Dead Mountains wash 2
Mount Manchester, view from SE of Dead Mountains, at base of wash and alluvial fan-(4 mi NW of Needles)
Dead Mountains 5
Closer view from SE (on River Road, (west bank of Colorado River))
(Pinnacle NE of Mount Manchester is identifier)
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