The Desert

This roadless area provides visitors with expansive views of multiple Wilderness Areas, Owens Lake, the glittering Sierra Nevada and into the expanses of Saline Valley and Death Valley National Park.…

This scenic, horseshoe-shaped range includes the terminus of the great Mojave River — at the Cronese Lakes most recently, and Silver Lake in the not-too-distant past. Ancient Native Americans’ use…

Surrounded on three sides by Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Table Mountain occupies a bench on the eastern slope of the Peninsular Range at an average elevation of 3,500 feet.…

Surprise Canyon is a true rarity in the California desert with a year-round flow of water, waterfalls, and thickets of willows and other riparian plant life. This narrow canyon has…

At almost 47,000 acres, the Sleeping Beauty area is an unparalleled vast and largely untouched landscape located in the heart of California’s Mojave Desert. The area boasts outstanding primitive and…

The Rose Valley provides an almost 22,000-acre wilderness-quality landscape. It’s largely unspoiled character makes it prime habitat for numerous bird and animal species, including the endangered Owens Valley checker bloom…

Over 17,000 acres of citizen-inventoried lands with wilderness characteristics surround the BLM-managed Rodman Mountains Wilderness. This unprotected area includes extensions of the rugged Rodman Mountains and the washes and bajadas…

Palo Verde Peak and Thumb Peak are the most notable mountains in this area, but a variety of jagged mountains sprawl across the landscape. Between the slopes of the mountains…

Over 9,000 acres of citizen- and BLM-inventoried lands with wilderness characteristics surround the Newberry Mountains Wilderness. The volcanic Newberry Mountains is one of the most accessible wild places in the…

Milpitas Wash is near the southern end of the Mule Mountains and the Opal Hill Mine. The landscape is primarily desert mountain foothills as well as wash and floodplain habitats.…