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Fort Piute Ruins — Mojave Road Historic Army Outpost
Stone ruins of an 1867 U.S. Army outpost guarding the spring-fed Piute Creek — one of the most…
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Overlanding Trails in California
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Mid Hills Campground — Mojave National Preserve
Highest-elevation camp in Mojave National Preserve, sitting in pinyon-juniper woodland at 5,600 ft — a cool escape from…
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Mojave National Preserve — Piute Valley BLM Dispersed Camp
Raw desert floor camping at the eastern mouth of the Mojave Road, where Piute Valley opens wide and…
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ModerateMojave Road — Piute Valley to Fort Piute via Piute Gorge Wash and Lanfair Valley (Eastern Approach)
Fort Piute: the post too brutal for the frontier Army.
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Afton Canyon — Mojave River Gorge Viewpoint
The 'Grand Canyon of the Mojave' — a dramatic basalt-walled gorge where the Mojave River actually runs above…
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Mojave Narrows Regional Park Campground — Victorville
San Bernardino County's riverside camp on the Mojave River — one of the few shaded, water-adjacent staging grounds…
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BLM Mojave Road — Afton Canyon Riparian Corridor Dispersed Camp
Sand flats and tamarisk flats along the Mojave River inside Afton Canyon — the Grand Canyon of the…
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ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (Classic East-to-West Dry Season Crossing)
140 miles of Mojave history under your tyres.
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ModerateMojave Road — Needles to Barstow via Fort Piute, Government Holes, and Afton Canyon (West-to-East Return via Lanfair Valley)
140 miles of Mojave history. Earn every mile.
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DifficultMojave Road — Piute Valley to Searchlight via Mojave Desert Southern Flank
Southern Mojave wash country. No crowds. No margin.