Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons, dry lakes, 90 mountain ranges, and 65 ...

Castle Mountain protects some of the finest Joshua tree, pinon pine and juniper forests in the entire California Desert Conservation Area and features stunning vistas of California and Nevada desert ...

American Indians were the first humans in the California desert. In fact, native Mojaves, Chemehuevis, and Quechans lived there for thousands of years before European explorers set foot in North ...