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If all roads lead to Rome then a number of really dry, dusty byways lead to Barstow, a small city in southeastern California. Set at a crossroads for two major interstates half-way between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Barstow serves as a civilized stop-over for off-road enthusiasts and desert adventurers and offers access to a very modest clutch of cultural sights. Find out and about a museum or two, including one with Route 66 as its focus, filming locations like Bagdad Cafe and quaint Calico Ghost Town. Nearby there's also the Calico Early Man Site, a controversial archeological attraction with basic visitor facilities, and the Mojave National Preserve is an easy drive to the east.

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More Info Afton Canyon

2601 Barstow Road, Barstow
760-252-6000

Afton Canyon's surface water makes it unique in the southern California desert. Known locally as The Grand Canyon of the Mojave for its dramatic geological formations, this is the only place where the Mojave River flows above ground year-round - providing significant riparian (riverbank) wildlife ha...

More Info Afton Canyon Natural Area

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The Mojave River rarely flows above ground - this is one of the few places it does.

More Info Amargosa River Natural Area

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Although this area is centered around a river, it has a forceful desert energy, the mountains rising up dry and forbidding in the near distance. The river itself is in Amargosa Canyon, which breaks up the dryness with dense vegetation, some of which forms hanging gardens of a kind. The river is shal...

More Info Barstow Field Recreation Sites

2601 Barstow Road, Barstow
Park-Overlook
760-255-6000

The Barstow field region provides for a wide variety of recreational activities. Within its boundaries are two BLM campgrounds, Afton Canyon and Owl Canyon; the Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark; the Juniper Flats and Ord Mountain Route Networks; five Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Areas, Stod...

More Info Official Website Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum

681 North First Ave, Barstow
Museum
760-255-1890

More Info Borax Visitor Center

14485 Borax Road, Boron
Historical Site

This visitor center is right next to the largest open-pit mine California has - and the product is borax. Few places in the world have deposits of borax quite as large or productive.

More Info Official Website Calico Early Man Archaeological Site

Located 15 miles E of Barstow off I 15, Yermo
Other
760-252-6000

More Info Official Website Calico Ghost Town

Yermo
Historical Site
760-254-2122

Mining towns and railroad stops sprung up across California's desert in earlier epochs, now just dusty ghost towns that offer a glimpse of the state's Wild West days. Catch a gunfight (reenacted of course), try your hand at gold panning and sign up for a mine tour at Calico, a ghost town and county ...

More Info Desert Discovery Center

831 Barstow Road, Barstow
Museum
760–252-6060

In addition to educational hands-on exhibits with the Mojave Desert their focus, the Desert Discovery Center also houses the second-largest meteorite in the United States. Sign up here for outings to Kelso Depot.

More Info Dumont Dunes

2601 Barstow Road , Barstow
760-252-6000

The Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area, also referred to as an Open Area, is an exciting and remote area for off-highway vehicle recreation. Bordered by steep volcanic hills and the slow running Amargosa River, the region is easily recognized from a distance by its distinctive sand dunes. The ...

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