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Balls (mountain range)

Coordinates: 37°30′28″N 119°21′22″W / 37.50778°N 119.35611°W / 37.50778; -119.35611
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Balls
Balls is located in California
Balls
Balls
Location of Balls in California [1]
Highest point
Elevation2,413 m (7,917 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictMadera County
Range coordinates37°30′28″N 119°21′22″W / 37.50778°N 119.35611°W / 37.50778; -119.35611
Topo mapUSGS Timber Knob

The Balls are a mountain range within the Sierra Nevada, in Madera County, California.[1] They are "glacier-carved granite domes"[2] and have been described as "looking like smooth scoops of butterscotch ice cream".[3] The mountain range has federal protection as part of the Sierra National Forest.

References

  1. ^ a b "Balls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ Robert H. Mohlenbrock, This Land: A Guide to Western National Forests, vol. 1 (University of California Press, 2006), ISBN 978-0520239678, p.180. Excerpt available at Google Books.
  3. ^ Beverly Magley, National Forest Scenic Byways Far West (Globe Pequot, 1999), ISBN 978-1560446538, p. 156. Excerpt available at Google Books.