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.


Mojave is about 2/3 the size of Death Valley, and 3 times the size of Grand Canyon NP. ... About 100 mi across by 50 mi wide at the widest point. Like Joshua Tree and Death Valley, there are hundreds if not thousands of points of interest that 99.9% of us would miss without a lot of research. Without a doubt you could spend a lifetime wheeling either of these 3 desert treasures. The map stays within the triangle formed by the 15 to the north, the 40 to the south, and the 95 to the east.





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