Chumash Range

The San Bernardino Mountains rise between the inland valleys of southern California and the Mojave Desert. High peaks and forested slopes stand above dry country to the north and east. Serrano communities inhabited this mountain region and neighbouring areas along the Mojave River, while Tongva country lay to the southwest. People travelled into the mountains in summer to hunt deer and rabbits and gather acorns, berries and nuts among the cooler uplands.