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Mojave National Preserve
2701 Barstow Rd, 35 miles south of Baker, Barstow, CA 92311-6609
Open today: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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“Close by Away From It All”
weareoutthisdoor
, Mesa, Arizona
“Awesome and remote”
This place was great! We walked up to the dunes when it was pretty hot and it felt way hotter here... read more
sherry19112016
Redondo Beach
6532
A cool experience in one of the hottest places in CA!
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angiec415
Troy, Missouri
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Beautiful preserve. Take water when visiting. Lot's of trails to explore. Restrooms available and clean. Had a great time visiting from MO
Date of experience: August 2016
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Sancho5a
Berkley, Michigan
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On our way from Las Vegas to Palm Springs we took the short cut via Cima, Kelso and Amboy. We were surprised how green it was considering that it supposed to be a desert. However we soon saw that there were flooding and learned later at the Kelso depot about a storm the night before. The landscape is great and impressive. The road condition was a little bad due to the flood but road workers were already busy clearing it. The most spectacular views were after Kelso going downhill to Amboy.
Date of experience: August 2016
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milton260
Brooklyn, New York
218160
Add a star if you want total solitude in the summer. A nice half-day excursion but not enough stopping places, no wow picture taking opportunities, and way too hot in the summer for hiking or even walking around.
We enjoyed much more our visit to Death Valley NP on the same trip.
Date of experience: July 2016
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ThreeWiseMen1998
Columbus, Ohio
732492
Good for a full day in the part. We went in May and it was 70's.
Recommendations: Stop and get a park map at the Kelso Depot (Visitor Center and Museum), stop at hole in the wall, climb Kelso Sand Dunes (these dunes sing if you get the right amount of sand falling down the slope), visit the lava tubes, and you get to see the largest concentration of joshua trees in the world.
Take some water. Restrooms are at hole in the wall, kelso depot, & sand dunes only.
Date of experience: May 2016
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ESTTIM
Baton Rouge
5318
We drive through this preserve after a night's stay in Nipton. There was so much to see. We talked to a few of the park rangers. We stopped at Hole-in-the-Wall and Tim gave us a lot of useful information. The wildlife out there was fun to see. We wish we had more time to explore.
Date of experience: June 2016
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