It's surprising what a vast amount of stuff there is in Joshua Tree. Much of it is hidden away on the network of trails; a gigantic concentration of mines and tunnels that I haven't seen anywhere else.
In fact Joshua Tree has a ton more mines than Death Valley, concentrated into a much smaller area; specifically the New Dale mining district immediately north of the park on BLM land.Like the Death Valley file the features are organized into folders that include highways (in yellow), unpaved trails (in red), abandoned structures (green houses), photos (pink camera icon), and waypoints (red pushpins).
I think many of us SoCal locals blow right past the Cleveland National Forest on our way to places that are...well... more exotic. Being right in our backyard, I always thought of it as boring. But like the other maps when you spend a lot of study time, you'll wonder how you will ever get to see all the stuff that is there. Cleveland is more cruising territory, but there is an awful lot of it. Not much crawling, but tons of open trails to raise some serious dust on. For incredible views of southern california, Cleveland gets you to 5,600' Santiago Peak with many miles in between. In the winter you can get from the beach to Cleveland's sometimes-snowy tops in about half an hour. And you won't run across a lot of other people in Cleveland's 300-plus square miles.
The entire Death Valley NP and much of the surrounding areas. Over a year in development, this definitive guide to the region includes:
- Over 800 miles of trails, both mapped and unkown
- Every known USGS geographical feature and place of interest
- 179 mines and adits
- Springs, canyons, valleys and regions
- Clickable photos
-Many new trails you won't ever see in the books
This extensive file is the most comprehensive Google Earth map of the Mojave National Preserve. It is the best way to find trails and locations you never knew existed. Over 1,000 miles of roads and trails, both mapped and unknown are depicted as well as all 800 USGS location coordinates.
