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Mojave Trails National Monument
Mojave Trails National Monument is a large U.S. National Monument located in the state of California between Interstate 15, Interstates 15 and Interstate 40, 40. The park was created to preserve a wide variety of geological and cultural features including several titular trails - the Old Spanish Trail (trade route), Old Spanish Trail, the United States home front during World War II, World War II-era Desert Training Center and U.S. Route 66, Route 66. It partially surrounds the Mojave National Preserve. It was designated by President Barack Obama on February 12, 2016, along with Castle Mountains National Monument and Sand to Snow National Monument, also in southern California. It is under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management. Features Mojave Trails National Monument is the largest national monument in the contiguous United States and is almost entirely undeveloped. Like the adjacent Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument contains numerous desert m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadiz Dunes
Cadiz Dunes Wilderness is a protected National Wilderness Preservation System, wilderness area in the Mojave Trails National Monument in San Bernardino County, California. Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This wilderness area is north of Joshua Tree National Park, Sheephole Valley Wilderness lies to the west, Old Woman Mountains Wilderness to the east. The dunes of Cadiz Dunes were formed by blowing sands from the Cadiz dry lake, all located in the Cadiz Valley between the Calumet Mountains and the Old Woman Mountains. The ecology is typical of the Mojave Desert with wildlife that includes coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, quail, roadrunners, and rattlesnakes. The area is known for a brilliant display of springtime desert wildflowers including the freckled milkvetch, Borrego milkvetch. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afton Canyon
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, except for the headwaters and several bedrock gorges in the lower reaches. History A desert branch of the Serrano Native Americans called the ''Vanyume'' or ''Beñemé'', as Father Garcés called them, lived beyond and along much of the length of the Mojave River, from east of Barstow to at least the Victorville region, and perhaps even farther upstream to the south, for up to 8,000 years in a series of villages, including the major village of Wá'peat. The Mohave's trail, later the European immigrants' Mojave Road, ran west from their villages on the Colorado River to Soda Lake, then paralleled the river from its mouth on the lake to the Cajon Pass. Native Americans used this trade route where water could easily be found en route to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojave Trails National Monument
Mojave Trails National Monument is a large U.S. National Monument located in the state of California between Interstate 15, Interstates 15 and Interstate 40, 40. The park was created to preserve a wide variety of geological and cultural features including several titular trails - the Old Spanish Trail (trade route), Old Spanish Trail, the United States home front during World War II, World War II-era Desert Training Center and U.S. Route 66, Route 66. It partially surrounds the Mojave National Preserve. It was designated by President Barack Obama on February 12, 2016, along with Castle Mountains National Monument and Sand to Snow National Monument, also in southern California. It is under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management. Features Mojave Trails National Monument is the largest national monument in the contiguous United States and is almost entirely undeveloped. Like the adjacent Mojave National Preserve, Mojave Trails National Monument contains numerous desert m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Monuments Of The United States
The United States has 138 protected areas known as national monuments. The president of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the United States Congress can do so by legislation. The president's authority arises from the Antiquities Act of 1906, which allows the president to proclaim "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" as national monuments. Concerns about protecting mostly prehistoric Native American ruins and artifacts, collectively known as antiquities, on western federal lands prompted the legislation, which allowed the president to quickly preserve public land without waiting for legislation to pass through an unconcerned Congress. The ultimate goal was to protect all historic and prehistoric sites on U.S. federal lands, and it has resulted in designation of a wide variety of ecological, cultural and historical sites. President Theodore Roosevelt es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilobite Wilderness
The Trilobite Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Marble Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert in northeastern San Bernardino County, California. It is named for the large number of trilobite fossils that can be found within its boundaries. Aside from its paleontological significance, it is home to typical flora and fauna of the Mojave Desert, including a stable population of bighorn sheep and desert tortoise. The area was created as an addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1994 as a part of the California Desert Protection Act. The site is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is one of six wilderness areas in Mojave Trails National Monument, established in 2016. Geology In the early Cambrian, fossiliferous sediments from a shallow sea were deposited upon a basement of Proterozoic granite and later uplifted to form the Marble Mountains. These sediments – the Latham Shale Formation – are between and thick. Deeper sediments were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheephole Valley Wilderness
The Sheep Hole Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, to the north of Joshua Tree National Park, in San Bernardino County, California. The mountains were once Chemehuevi hunting grounds. The mountain range lies between the Bullion Mountains to the west, and the Coxcomb Mountains to the east. The mountains reach an elevation of above sea level just east of Amboy Road, which the range crosses. Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area The Bureau of Land Management designated and manages the Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area which is within the mountain range and Mojave Trails National Monument. The 194,861-acre (approximate) Sheephole Valley Wilderness is a perfect representation of the basin and range topography typical in the Mojave Desert. The area consists of the northwest to southeast trending granitic boulder strewn Sheep Hole and Calumet Mountains, and is adjacent to the northern boundary of Joshua Tree National Park Joshua Tree National Park is a List of nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piute Mountains Wilderness
Paiute (; also Piute) refers to three non-contiguous groups of Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. Although their languages are related within the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, these three languages do not form a single subgroup and they are no more closely related to each than they are to the Central Numic languages (Timbisha, Shoshoni, and Comanche) which are spoken between them. The term "Paiute" does not refer to a single, unique, unified group of Great Basin tribes, but is a historical label comprising: * Northern Paiute people of northeastern California, northwestern Nevada, eastern Oregon, and southern Idaho * Southern Paiute people of northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah * Mono people of east central California, divided into Owens Valley Paiute (Eastern Mono) and Western Mono The Mono ( ) are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada, the Eastern Sierra (generally south of Bridgeport), the Mono Basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clipper Mountain Wilderness
The Clipper Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Clipper Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, located in northeastern San Bernardino County, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. Geography The Clipper Mountain Wilderness is found mostly on the northern section of the Clipper Mountains, which are adjacent on the north to Interstate 40 and historic U.S. Route 66. The wilderness area is adjoining the southern National Park Service Mojave National Preserve. It is 50 miles west of Needles, California. Description The Clipper Mountain Wilderness has rugged yellow and dark brown, horizontally striped mesas, narrow canyons with springs, and sparsely vegetated alluvial fans. The small cluster of volcanic mountains is oriented northeast to southwest. In the center, the most prominent ridge, Clipper Mountain, reaches an elevation of 4,625 feet before it dramatically drops off in series of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
The Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness is in the eastern Mojave Desert and within Mojave Trails National Monument, located in San Bernardino County, California. Geography The wilderness lies in the northern end of the Sacramento Mountains, east of the Piute Mountains and west of Needles, California, along Interstate 40 as its northern border. The wilderness covers approximately . Elevations range from at the top of the Sacramento range's Bannock Peak. Flora and fauna In the wilderness area the vegetation types are predominantly of the creosote bush scrub plant community. The densest concentration of Bigelow cholla (''Cylindropuntia bigelovii'') in all California's deserts is found within the wilderness area and the surrounding terrain. Wildlife is typical for the Mojave Desert; including coyote, black-tailed jackrabbit, ground squirrel, kangaroo rat, quail, roadrunner, rattlesnakes, and several species of lizards. The area provides habitat for migrating desert bighorn sheep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockhounds
Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting rocks and minerals or fossil specimens from the natural environment.Sinkankas, John. Mineralogy For Amateurs. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1964. Print. In Australia, New Zealand and Cornwall, the amateur geologists call this activity fossicking. The first amateur geologists were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. Eventually, however, more people have been drawn to amateur geology for recreational purposes, mainly for the beauty that rocks and minerals provide. Accessibility One reason for the rise in popularity of amateur geology is that a collection can begin by simply picking up a rock. There are people who have formed clubs and groups that search for specimens and compare them with collections from other groups as a hobby. Information on such groups can be found at lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludlow, California
Ludlow is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 40, located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The older remains of the ghost town are along historic Route 66. History Origins The community settlement dates back to 1870s. The community of Ludlow was named after William Ludlow of the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1882, the town was founded. The town started as a water stop for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Ore was found in the nearby hills, leading to the town's boom. From 1906 to 1940 it was the southern railhead for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, operated by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and bringing borax and other mining products from Death Valley and Beatty, Nevada, to long distance Santa Fe Railway lines. It also served as the northern railhead for the Ludlow and Southern Railway, a mining line that ran south to the Bagdad-Chase gold mine and the mining camp of Rochester. It operated from 1903 to 1931. U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Needles, California
Needles is a city in San Bernardino County, in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California. Situated on the western banks of the Colorado River, Needles is located near the California border with Arizona and Nevada. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 in California, Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95 in California, U.S. Route 95. The population was 4,931 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 4,844 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History The Mojave people first inhabited the area. Needles was founded in May 1883 during the construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which originally crossed the Colorado River at Eastbridge, Arizona, three miles southeast of modern Needles. Needles was named after The Needles (Arizona), "The Needles", a group of Pinnacle (geology), pinnacles in the Mohave Mountains on the Arizona side of the river. The crossing was a poor site for a bridge, lacking firm banks and a solid bottom. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
