The range reaches a height of 7,323 feet (2,232 m) above sea level at Kingston Peak.

The small community of Halloran Springs is about 22 miles (35 km) south of the Kingston Range.

This area protects an ecological transition zone between the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts.

From Creosote bush scrub vegetation in the lower elevations to juniper-pinyon woodland at higher elevations, this desert wilderness includes a wealth of botanical biodiversity including the only stand of Giant nolina in the eastern Mojave Desert as well as a relic stand of white fir trees clinging to the slopes of two drainages just below Kingston Peak.

Wildlife includes the banded gila monster, bighorn sheep, wild burros, coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, roadrunners, quail, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, several species of lizards, and the desert tortoise.