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Day 1:
Los Angeles to Ridgecrest
Driving distance: approximately 200 miles
Driving time: approximately 3.5 hours
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SNR - State Natural Reserve)
The Cat House (Exotic Feline Breeding Compound’s Feline Conservation Center)
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave Air & Space Port
Boron Chamber of Commerce
Borax Visitor Center & Gift Store
The 20 Mule Team Museum
Colonel Vernon P. Saxon Aerospace Museum
Major Mike Adams X-15 Memorial
Randsburg
Rand Desert Museum
Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest Wildflower Festival
Maturango Museum
U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark
Desert Tortoise Natural Area
Desert Tortoise Natural Area BLM site
BLM Wild Horses & Burros
Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse & Burro Corrals
Indian Wells Brewing Company
Carriage Inn
Day 2:
Ridgecrest to Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park
Driving distance: approximately 100 miles
Driving time: approximately 2.5 hours
Gem-O-Rama, Trona
Old Guest House Museum & Searles Valley History House
Ballarat
Death Valley National Park
Stovepipe Wells Village
Mosaic Canyon
Scotty’s Castle
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
The Racetrack
Ubehebe Crater
Titus Canyon
Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Goldwell Open Air (Art) Museum
Day 3:
Stovepipe Wells to Furnace Creek
Driving distance: approximately 30 miles
Driving time: approximately 30 minutes
Salt Creek
Harmony Borax Works
The Inn at Furnace Creek
The Ranch at Furnace Creek
Day 4:
Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park to Shoshone/Tecopa
Driving distance: approximately 70 miles
Driving time: approximately 1.5 hours
Dante’s View
Zabriskie Point
Artists Drive
Devil’s Golf Course
Badwater
AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon
Shoshone
Amargosa Conservancy
Tecopa Hot Springs Resort
Pastels Bistro
Tecopa Music & Arts Festival
China Ranch Date Farm
Death Valley Chamber of Commerce
Old Spanish Trail
Day 5:
Shoshone/Tecopa to Twentynine Palms via Mojave National Preserve
Driving distance: approximately 180 miles
Driving time: approximately 4.5 hours
Dumont Dunes
Baker Chamber of Commerce
Mojave National Preserve
Kelso Depot
Kelso Dunes
Mitchell Caverns
Goffs
Needles
Route 66
Amboy Crater
Amboy
Twentynine Palms
Lodging in and around Twentynine Palms
Day 6:
Twentynine Palms to Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley via Joshua Tree National Park
Driving distance: approximately 35 miles
Driving time: approximately 1 hour
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park 75th Anniversary Events (2011)
Joshua Tree National Park Association
Joshua Tree Music Festival/Roots Fest
Old Schoolhouse Museum
29 Palms Art Gallery
29 Palms Creative Center & Gallery
Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture
Integratron
Giant Rock
Gubler’s Orchids
George Van Tassel
Pioneertown
Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
Hwy 62 Art Tours
Starry Nights Festival
Day 7:
Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley to Palm Springs
Driving distance: approximately 40 miles
Driving time: approximately 1 hour
Desert Christ Park
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Ace Hotel & Swim Club
Palm Springs Art Museum
Palm Springs Air Museum
The Living Desert
Indian Canyons
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Festival of Native Film & Culture
Day 8:
Palm Springs to Borrego Springs/Julian via Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Driving distance: approximately 90 miles
Driving time: approximately 2 hours
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce
Julian Chamber of Commerce
Marshal South
Day 9:
Borrego Springs/Julian to Desert Hot Springs via the Salton Sea
Driving distance: approximately 160 miles
Driving time: approximately 3.5 hours
Felicity/Museum of History in Granite
Brawley Chamber of Commerce
El Centro Chamber of Commerce
Calexico Chamber of Commerce
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Yuma, Arizona
Salvation Mountain
Salton Sea State Park
Salton Sea History Museum
Coachella Valley Preserve
Miracle Springs Resort & Spa
Day 10:
Desert Hot Springs to Los Angeles
Driving distance: approximately 120 miles
Driving time: approximately 2.5 hours
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum
Malki Museum
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