The Devils Playground is a large sandy region in the

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in the state of

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in the

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. Dunes and salt flats stretch for approximately in a generally northwest-southeasterly direction in the

Mojave National Preserve Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, US, between Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, ...

. The Cronese Mountains are located at its northwestern edge. The "playground" lies between the town of

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and the Providence Mountains. It was used as the backdrop for the third album from the Marshall Tucker Band featuring lead singer Robert Ardis. Ardis owns a ranch in the NE section of the Devil's Playground where he raises sheep and goats. The Devils Playground consists mostly of relatively flat plains except for some hills and small mountains at the northern end, where it merges with several dry lake beds, and the

Kelso Dunes Kelso Dunes, also known as the Kelso Dune Field, is the largest field of aeolian sand deposits in the Mojave Desert. The region is protected by the Mojave National Preserve and is located near the town of Baker, San Bernardino County, Califor ...

near the southern end of the area. The Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Area lies at the northwestern edge of the Devils Playground in the

Mojave River 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 ti ...

Wash, near the Mollhausen Mountains.

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