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Mojave National Preserve attractions


Mojave National Preserve attractions

  • The restored Kelso Depot is now the Preserve's visitor center. Kelso Depot is an old two-storey Union Pacific train station built in the 1920s in the Spanish style. The depot narrowly escaped demolition in the 1980s before being taken over by the National Park Service.
  • Cave tours at the Mitchell Caverns in the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area (administratively not part of the Preserve, but entirely surrounded by it).
  • Ivanpah Lake is a dry lake bed used for land sailing. See for access information.
  • Kelso Dunes. Second highest sand dunes in California, up to 700 feet. They are created from wind that carries dust and is reflected off a mountain.
  • Cima Dome is a broad sloping upland dome, the erosional remnant of granite plutons that formed deep under the Earth's surface. Best viewed from Teutonia Peak Trail that leads through the densest concentration of Joshua Trees in the world.

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