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Points of Interest in the Desert

National Parks
Death Valley National Park Joshua Tree National Park Manzanar National Historic Site Mojave National Preserve
California State Parks
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve	Ocotillo Wells Vehicle Recreation Area
Antelope Valley Indian Museum	Picacho State Recreation Area
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland	Red Rock Canyon State Park
Heber Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area	Saddleback Butte State Park
Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve	Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Mojave Desert Information Center	Tomo-Kahni State Historical Park

BLM Public Lands
Afton Canyon	Ivanpah Dry Lake
Amboy Crater	Jawbone Canyon Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve	Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Bradshaw Trail	Juniper Flats
Calico Early Man Site	McCain Valley
Coachella Valley Preserve	Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
Corn Springs Campground	Palms to Pines Scenic Byway
Desert Tortoise Natural Area	Rademacher Hills Trail
Dos Palmas Preserve	Rainbow Basin Natural Area
Dove Springs Off-Highway Vehicle Area	Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area	Ridgecrest Wild Horse & Burro Corrals
El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Area	Sand Canyon
Harper Dry Lake	Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains NM
Historic Salt Creek Mining District	Short Canyon
Horse Thief Camp	Spangler Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area	Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Inscription Canyon	Trona Pinnacles

BLM Wilderness Areas
Argus Range Wilderness	Manly Peak Wilderness
Big Maria Mountains Wilderness	Mecca Hills Wilderness
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness	Mesquite Wilderness
Bighorn Mountain Wilderness	Newberry Mountains Wilderness
Black Mountain Wilderness	Nopah Range Wilderness
Bright Star Wilderness	North Algodones Sand Dunes Wilderness
Bristol Mountains Wilderness	North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness	Old Woman Mountain Wilderness
Carrizo Gorge Wilderness	Orocopia Mountains Wilderness
Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness	Owens Peak Wilderness Area
Chimney Peak Wilderness	Pahrump Valley Wilderness
Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness	Palen McCoy Wilderness
Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness	Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness
Clipper Mountain Wilderness	Picacho Peak Wilderness
Coso Range Wilderness	Piper Mountain Wilderness
Coyote Mountains Wilderness	Piute Mountains Wilderness
Darwin Falls Wilderness	Resting Spring Range Wilderness
Dead Mountains Wilderness	Rice Valley Wilderness
El Paso Mountains Wilderness	Riverside Mountains Wilderness
Fish Creek Wilderness	Rodman Mountains Wilderness
Funeral Mountains Wilderness	Sacatar Trail Wilderness
Golden Valley Wilderness	Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness
Grass Valley Wilderness	San Gorgonio Additions Wilderness
Hollow Hills Wilderness	Santa Rosa Additions Wilderness
Ibex Wilderness	Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
Indian Pass Wilderness	Sheephole Valley Wilderness
Inyo Mountains Wilderness	South Nopah Range Wilderness
Jacumba Mountains Wilderness	Stateline Wilderness
Kelso Dunes Wilderness	Stepladder Mountains Wilderness
Kiavah Wilderness	Surprise Canyon Wilderness
Kingston Range Wilderness	Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness	Trilobite Wilderness
Little Picacho Wilderness	Turtle Mountains Wilderness
Malpais Mesa Wilderness	Whipple Mountains Wilderness

California Fish & Game Wilderness
Camp Cady Wildlife Area	Mojave River Hatchery
Imperial Wildlife Area	San Jacinto Wildlife Area
Kelso Peak & Old Dad Mtns Wildlife Area	Santa Rosa Wildlife Area
Marble Mountains Wildlife Area

USFWS National Wildlife Refuges
Cibola NWR	Havasu NWR
Coachella Valley NWR	Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR

San Bernardino County Regional Parks
Calico Ghost Town	Mojave Narrows Regional Park
Moabi Regional Park

Riverside County Regional Parks
Collis Mayflower Park	Lake Cahuilla Park

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