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Mojave Preserve

Mojave National Preserve and surrounding region of California

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Grass Canyon Petroglyphs

Grass Canyon Petroglyphs

Native Americans passed through Grass Canyon thousands of years ago and left their marks on the basalt. I am not sure why they picked these rocks, though. There are plenty of other surfaces around that don't have anything on them. But this spot where a basalt butte meets

Riley's Camp

Riley's Camp

Possibly one of the most well-known backcountry cabins in the Mojave National Preserve is Riley's Camp. History John Riley Bembry was born on February 5, 1899, in Arapaho, Oklahoma. He preferred to be called Riley instead of John because he found it more distinctive. After serving in World

Geer Camp

Geer Camp

Geer Camp is one of my favorite places in the Mojave National Preserve. It is a small and cozy cabin with a great view and makes for an ideal place to camp if you are in the area. History Robert R. Geer built the small, one-room cabin in 1940 as

Roger's Camp

Roger's Camp

A restored mining cabin known as Roger's Camp sits a little ways inside the Mojave National Preserve, with minor abandoned mine workings located just uphill. History

Sacramento Wash Petroglyphs

Sacramento Wash Petroglyphs

Bronze Mine (New York Mountains)

Bronze Mine (New York Mountains)

The Bronze Mine, also known as the Live Oak Mine, was a lead-silver mine that also contained some tungsten and fluorite. The vein is in a contact zone on the eastern side of the New York Mountains between a Goodsprings dolomite formation and a quartz monzonite intrusion. The mine was

Aiken's Arch Pictographs

Aiken's Arch Pictographs

The pictographs inside of this arch, which formed from a collapsed lava tube, are some of the oldest, if not the oldest, in the East Mojave and have been dated to 9,300 BP. The symbols are mainly in red ochre and depict a variety of figures, primarily abstract, but