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deserts

Death Valley
National Park

Keeler

California Welcome
CentersSM
Furnace Creek

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Ridgecrest: 880 N. China
Lake Blvd. Opening 2021

Death Valley Junction
Cabazon: Cabazon
Outlets, 48750 Seminole
Dr. Opening 2021

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395

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Shoshone
Tecopa

China
Lake
Inyokern

Ridgecrest

Cantil

Fort Irwin

California City
58

Barstow: 2796 Tanger
Way, Suite 100;
760/253-4782
Yucca Valley: 56711
Twentynine Palms
Highway; 760/365-5464

Baker
15

Boron
Barstow

More information
Greater Palm Springs
Convention & Visitors
Bureau; 760-770-9000;
visitgreaterpalm
springs.com

Yermo
Needles
40

Essex
Amboy

Yucca
Valley

Twentynine
Palms
62

Morongo Valley
Desert Hot Springs Joshua Tree
Cathedral City
Palm Springs
National Park
Indio
Rancho Mirage
10
Coachella
Palm Desert
Thermal
Indian Wells
North
Shore
La Quinta
Borrego
Springs

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Imperial

visit
AMBOY
Amboy Crater. Take a day trip to this volcanic cinder
cone, designated a National Natural Landmark. Reach
the peak by way of the 4.1-mile Western Cone Trail.
760/326-7000; blm.gov/ca

BARSTOW
Castle Mountains National Monument. Explore rare
desert grasslands and forests of twisted Joshua trees
and juniper in the eastern Mojave Desert. Admission
is free. Monument is accessible only by dirt roads.
760/252-6100; nps.gov/camo
Mojave National Preserve. Find singing sand dunes,
cinder cone volcanos, Joshua tree forests, canyons,
mesas, and spring wildﬂowers at this 1.6-million-acre
park. Campgrounds are ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served.
760/252-6100; nps.gov/moja

BORREGO SPRINGS
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Visit this expansive
desert landscape of California's largest state park to
see dramatic badlands, cool palm oases, twisting slot

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Blythe

Winterhaven

canyons, and cactus-studded slopes. 760/767-5311;
parks.ca.gov
Borrego Desert Nature Center. Find books and maps
dedicated to desert anthropology, birding, nature,
history, and plant and ﬂower identiﬁcation. Register for
a guided hike or educational program. 760/767-3098;
abdnha.org

CALIFORNIA CITY
Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area. Meet some of
the earth's oldest inhabitants-California's official state
reptile, the desert tortoise. This preserve protects the
Mojave Desert's rich ﬂora and fauna. 442/294-4258;
tortoise-tracks.org

CANTIL
Red Rock Canyon State Park. Climb the colorful
desert cliffs, buttes, and badlands of the El Paso
Mountains. In spring, the park's ﬂoral displays are in full
bloom. 661/946-6092; parks.ca.gov

CATHEDRAL CITY
Museum of Ancient Wonders. Find nearly 400
replicas and fossils, including full-scale reproductions

of King Tutankhamun's chariot and treasures-all in an
unassuming strip mall. 442/268-5004; moaw.org

DEATH VALLEY
Death Valley National Park. The hottest, driest,
and lowest national park in the U.S. boasts a diverse
landscape of salt ﬂats, sand dunes, badlands, valleys,
canyons, and mountains. 760/786-3200; nps.gov/deva

FURNACE CREEK
Furnace Creek Visitors Center. Watch a short ﬁlm
about the park. During the winter season, try a rangerled walk or presentation about Death Valley's cultural
and natural history. 760/786-3200; nps.gov/deva

INDIO
Coachella Valley History Museum. Explore rotating
exhibits, a 1909 schoolhouse, and the world's only date
museum, which highlights the origins of the desert fruit.
Free for children 18 and under. 760/342-6651; cvhm.org

MORONGO VALLEY
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve. Hike through lush
canyonlands in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of
the Transverse Ranges, home to desert bighorn sheep,

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