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Death Valley
In Early March is wildflower season
in Death Valley Death Valley Death
Valley
Eureka Dunes sunrise
Eureka Mine
Racetrack, good for sunrise, best
sunset camp at the Lippincott mine
about 27 miles away on dirt road ( a
4x4 or high clearance vehicle is a
good idea) Rocks are at the
south end go to the second stopping
point.
Ubehebe Crater
Stovepipe Wells dunes (Mesquite Flat
Dunes) are best at sunrise also
nearby hotel
Furnace Creek has hotel
Amargosa
Opera House nice show and hotel
Badwater
20 miles south of Furnace Creek.
Get there at sunrise and early
morning. It is 280 feet below
sea level. Get down low an take a
reflective shot of the water and
surrounding valley
Devil's
Golf course and salt ponds
Take Badwater Road 12 miles south of
Furnace Creek, follow the graded
dirt road. The farther you get
from the parking lot the better the
salt crystals are. You will need to
get down on your knees to shoot
them, bring something to kneel on.
Be careful not to cut your self on
the salt crystals. You will want to
be there in the afternoon.
Zabriskie Point
Five miles southeast of Furnace
Creek on Route 190.
Best Time: Sunrise Next to the sand
dunes, Zabriskie Point is the place
to go for sunrise. Arrive early to
get your location there will be
other photographers. The best
location is at the parking area.
also hike
the trail that runs south down the
ridgeline for unobstructed view of
the Mohave River
Dante's View
26 miles southeast of Furnace Creek
(22 miles beyond Zabriskie Point).
Take Route 190 southeast to the
Dante View turnoff and continue for
another five miles. Best Time:
Early morning is best. Sunset if
there are some clouds (rare).
From the vantage point of 5,475 feet
you can see most of Death Valley.
Below you can see Badwater, a pool
of water set in barren salt flats.
Across the valley are the Panamint
Mountains and, on a clear day, you
can see to the snow-capped Sierra
Nevada.
Golden
Canyon
Take Badwater Road Three miles south
of Furnace Creek. Turn off to
the parking lot. Hike the main
canyon ¾ of a mile then go left to
the Red Cathedral. Best time to
shoot is afternoon to sunset. The
canyon glows a golden just before
sunset. Follow the main canyon
0.75-miles to the end and then go
left to the Red Cathedral
Artist's
Drive is an 8 mile loop narrow road.
Best place to stop is Artist's
Palette and the trails in the Golden
Canyon area are usually best in late
afternoon to sunset
Mushroom Rock
Take Badwater road seven miles south
of Furnace Creek to the end of
Artist Palette Drive. Good for
something to do during the day.
You can shoot the rock with many
different angles of light hitting
the rock.
Ryolite,
Scotty's Castle
Charcoal
Kilns
Titus Canyon
Keen Wonder Mine hike
Blue Bell Mine hike town still there
untouched
Salt Creek Nature Trail (pupfish)
Aguereberry Point
Rhyolite Ghost town
Harmony Borax Works
Natural
Bridge
15 miles south of Furnace Creek
follow the two-mile dirt road east
to a parking lot. Hike the 1/4 mile
trail to the rock formation.
Darwin Falls
Cahuilla Lake has great mountain
reflections around sunset on a calm
day
Joshua Tree National Park, Lots of
fantastic rock, Joshua trees and
Cholla cacti. Cottonwood Canyon
Lee Flat area and Hidden Valley.
Sunrise at the rocky areas in the
north and northwest part of the
park. Arch Rock which is located in
back of the White Tank Campground
best afternoon, Key View good for
sunsets
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Dos Palmas from the Salton Sea
headquarters take Parkside road at
the "T"go right, then left at the
sign indicating Dos Palmas. Short
trail to dense palms along the San
Andreas fault. Mud Pots
southeastern side of the Salton Sea.
At the town of Niland. Take Davis
Road. From the Mud Pots go
right on Schrimpf Road then left on
Garst Road. There is trees sticking
out of the water where birds nest.
Also from the town of Niland, take
Beal Road to Salvation Mountain.
Salvation Mountain is a dirt pile
that an old man named Lenoard has
painted bright colors with bible
quotes all over. Next to
Salvation Mountain is Slab City
which is an old military base that
is inhabited with snow birds in the
winter months. Also check out
Bombay Beach, North Shore, and
Salton City.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Classic desert photo's of cactus,
big horn sheep, mountain lions. Also
can be good in wildflower season.
Mojave National Preserve
Kelso sand dunes - Kelso Train
Station, Joshua tree forest and lava
flows
Trona the Pinnacles are best
photographed at sunrise or sunset.
To get there from the intersection
of SR 178 and the Trona-Red Mountain
Road go 7.7 mile east on SR178 to a
dirt road (RM143) that leaves SR
178
29 Palms has some interesting murals
on the sides of businesses in town.
That might make for some
interesting photography as well.
Cholla Garden.
Santa Rosa Mountains. Take the Palms
to Pines highway for landscapes,
backlit chollas. This area is
good wildflower season
Indian Canyons. Murray Canyon, Palm
Canyon and Andreas Canyon.
Murry Canyon just down South Palm
Canyon Blvd., in Palm Springs. Nice
stream with 7 foot waterfalls,
hundreds of palm trees nice hike of
about 2 miles.
Taquitz Falls west of Palm Springs
Palm Spring Aerial Tramway. great
views and dinner
Windmills. Just north of Palm
Springs. There are thousands of
windmills also south near Whitewater
and toward Rainbow Hills.
Living Desert. A sort of an outdoor
natural zoo for desert animals.
Mountain lions, bobcats, lots of
different antelope, raptors (see the
daily shows), walk through bird
enclosures, etc. in Palm Desert.
Ladder Canyon in the Mecca Hills
near Mecca nice slot canyon.
To get there from Box Canyon Road,
turn left towards Mecca Hills on
graded dirt road which will veer
right in to the hills. When
the road stops the entrance will be
on your right. Ladder Canyon
and the entrance to Painted Canyon
are ¼ miles apart. Hike up one
canyon and then down the other.
Imperial Sand Dunes North is the
nature preserve and south is an OHV
area. Stay in Brawly go west
on 78 to dunes.
Arch Rock
that's located at the back of White
Tank Campground best afternoon 15
miles south Furnace Creek follow
two-mile dirt road east to a parking
lot. Hike 1/4 mile trail rock
formation.
Cibola River National Wildlife
Refuge Blythe
Havasu River National Wildlife
Refuge Needles
Wild flower report links
Desert USA
Calphoto Wild Flower Info
Theodore Payne
Santa Rosa Wilderness and Horse
Thief Creek Canyon nice hike
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