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Piute Spring — Mojave Road Historic Water Source and Campsite
The only reliable natural water along the eastern Mojave Road corridor — a desert seep tucked below Piute…
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Afton Canyon Campground — BLM Mojave Desert
The 'Grand Canyon of the Mojave' drops you into a riparian slot where the Mojave River actually runs…
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Mojave National Preserve — Kelbaker Road Corridor Dispersed Camp
Flat desert floor camping along the Kelbaker Road corridor, splitting the heart of the Preserve between Afton Canyon…
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ModerateMojave Road — Afton Canyon to Piute Spring via Soda Lake and Government Holes (West-to-East Night Run)
America's oldest desert road. Better after dark.
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ModerateMojave Road — Piute Spring to Mid Hills via Keystone Spring and Rock Springs Lake (Interior Segment)
Old Government Road through the desert's quiet heart.
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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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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…