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Southern California

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Parks & Monuments

NATIONAL
Death Valley National Park
Devils Postpile National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park
-Day Trip 2: Cottonwood Springs in Joshua Tree NP
-Day Trip 3: Old Dale Road 4WD Jeep Trail
-Day Trip 5: Touring the Big Boulders at Joshua Tree NP
-Day Trip 10: Geology Road Tour at Joshua Tree NP
Mojave National Preserve
-Kelso Depot

STATE
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
(includes videos about park)
-Day Trip 1: The Wind Caves
-Day Trip #4: Coyote Canyon 4WD Trail
Bodie State Historic
Calico Ghost Town State Park
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Mitchell Caverns State Park
Palomar Mountain State Park
Red Rock Canyon State Park

COUNTY/REGIONAL
Agua Caliente Regional Park
(San Diego)
Goose Flats Park (Riverside)
Lake Cahuilla RA (Riverside)
Mayflower Park (Riverside)
McIntyre Park (Riverside)
Mission Trails Park (San Diego)
Miller Park (Riverside)
Palo Verde Park (Riverside)
Riviera Marina Park (Riverside)
Vallecito Regional Park (San Diego)


Recreation & Wilderness Areas

THE COLORADO RIVER - Index
BLM California Desert OHV Areas
Afton Canyon Natural Area
(BLM)
Alabama Hills (BLM)
Bigelow Cholla Garden (BLM)
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve (BLM)
Bonanza Trail
Bradshaw Trail (BLM)
Bristol Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness (BLM)
Cargo Muchacho Mountains
Calico Early Man Site(BLM)
Cleveland National Forest
Coachella Valley Preserve, CA
Darwin Falls Wilderness (BLM)
Dead Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Dos Palmas Preserve (BLM)
Dumont Dunes OHV Area (BLM)
El Paso Wilderness (BLM)
El Mirage OHV Area (BLM)
Fish Slough Area (BLM)
Fossil Canyon (BLM)
Fossil Falls (BLM)
Harper Lake (BLM)
Hauser Geode Beds.
Imperial Sand Dunes
(BLM)
Jawbone/Butterbredt Area (BLM)
Johnson Valley OHV Area (BLM)
Juniper Flats (BLM)
Kelso Dunes (BLM)
Last Chance Canyon
(BLM)
McCain Valley
(BLM)
Mesquite Mountains Wilderness
(BLM)
Mt Whitney, Climbing
North Algodones Dunes (BLM)
North Mesquite Wilderness (BLM)
Old Woman Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Ocotillo Wells State OHV Area
Opal Hill Mine - video
Owens Peak Wilderness Area (BLM)
Painted Gorge (BLM)
Picachio State Recreation Area
Piute Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Plaster City Open Area (BLM)
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Pumpkin Patch video
Rainbow Basin Natural Area (BLM)
Rasor OHV Recreation Area (BLM)
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
San Bernardino National Forest
Sand Canyon (BLM)
Sequoia National Forest
Sheephole Valley Wilderness (BLM)
Short Canyon (BLM)
Spangler Hills OHV Area (BLM)
Stateline Wilderness (BLM)
Stepladder Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Stoddard Valley OHV Area (BLM)
Superstition Mountain Open Area (BLM)
Surprise Canyon Wilderness (BLM)
Trilobite Wilderness (BLM)
Trona Pinnacles (BLM)
-- Tufa Towers at Trona
Turtle Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Whipple Mountains Wilderness (BLM)
Yuha Basin Recreation Area (BLM)
Yuha Desert OHV Area (BLM)

California Facts

Capital: Sacramento
Land Area: 155,959 sq. miles
Population: 35,484,453
Counties: 58
Highest Point:
Mt. Whitney at 14,494 feet
Lowest Point:
Death Valley at -282 feet


Cities & Towns

Amboy,California
Apple Valley, California
Baker, California
Ballarat, California
Bishop, California
Big Pine, California
Bodie, California
Boron, California
Barstow, California
Blythe, California
Borrego Springs, California
Brawley, California
Bridgeport, California
El Centro, California
Indio, California
Julian, California
Lancaster, California
Lone Pine, California
Ludlow, California
Nipton, California
Mojave, California
Needles, California
Palmdale, California
Palm Desert, California
Palm Springs, California
- Auga Caliente Casino•Resort•Spa
Pioneertown, California
Randsburg, California
Ridgecrest, California
Trona, California
Twentynine Palms, California
Tumco/Hedges Ghost Town
San Diego, California
Victorville, California
Warner Springs, California
Yucca Valley, California

 


Historic & Points of Interest

Antelope Valley Museum (Lancaster)
Amboy Crater (BLM)
Ballarat Ghost Town
Bodie's Windows to the Past
Buffalo Soldiers Monument
Burro Schmidt't Tunnel
Calico Early Man Site (BLM)
Calico Ghost Town
California Desert Information Center (Barstow)
Coachella Valley Museum (Indio)
Eastern California Museum (Independence)
Carrizo Gorge Railway
Eastern Sierra in Autumn
Elliot Mine Area (BLM)

Fort Piute - on the Mojave Rd.
Galleta Meadows Estates
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Gomphotherium Free Standing Art Structures (Borrego Springs)
General Patton Memorial Museum(Indio)
California Highway 58
Laws Railroad Museum & Historic Site (Bishop)
Little Petroglyph Canyon video (NAWS)
Living Desert Reserve (Palm Desert)
Maturango Museum (Ridgecrest)
Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center (Bishop)
Interstate 10
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Pinnacles National Natural Landmark
Pumpkin Patch
video
Manzanar National Historic Site (Independence)
Moorten Botanical Garden (Palm Springs)
Mountain Spring
Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum (Victorville)

Salvation Mountain
St. Andrew's Abbey in Valyermo
Salt Creek Mining District (BLM)
Rainbow Basin Natural Landmark (BLM)
San Diego & Arizona Railroad
Tumco/Hedges Ghost Town
Tufa Towers near Ridgecrest
Slab City

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