Sierra del Mugrón is a 16.6 km (10 mi) long mountain range located between the shire of Valle de Cofrentes (Valencian: Vall de Cofrents), Valencian Community, and Almansa, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is an isolated range between the Iberian System and the Cordillera Prebética. Its highest point is 1,209 m. The northern section of this range is within the Ayora (Valencian: Aiora) municipal term, while the southern belongs to Almansa.
| Sierra del Mugrón | |
|---|---|
 The Sierra del Mugrón seen from the south near Almansa | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,209 m (3,967 ft) |
| Coordinates | 38°55′21″N 01°09′22″W / 38.92250°N 1.15611°W |
| Geography | |
  Sierra del Mugrón Location in Spain | |
| Location | Valle de Cofrentes, Valencian Community Almansa, Castile-La Mancha |
| Parent range | Isolated range |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Limestone (Miocene) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | From Almansa, Ayora or Alpera |
There are remains of an Ancient Iberian settlement in Castellar de Meca, between Ayora and Alpera.
This mountain range is a quiet lonely and isolated area with a sizeable amount of wildlife, foremost of which are the wildcat, boar, little bustard, Eurasian stone-curlew, peregrine falcon, European nightjar, black wheatear, common wood pigeon, Dartford warbler, red-legged partridge and Bonelli's eagle.[1]
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edit- J. P. Calvo Sorando, S. Ordóñez Ddelgado & J. Usera Mata, Estudio del Terciario marino de la sierra del Mugrón (Prov. Albncete y Valencia) (in Spanish)
- El mágico rincón de San Pascual (in Spanish)
- Excursión a Castellar de Meca (Sierra del Mugrón)
- Sierra del Mugrón - Flora
- Sierra del Mugrón - Biodiversity
- Protests against antennas in Sierra del Mugrón
- Wikiloc