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CALIFORNIA CAMPGROUNDS
MOJAVE DESERT
AFTON CANYON NATURAL AREA
Area of Critical Environmental Concern

Afton Canyon is known as the
Grand Canyon of the Mojave Desert.

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Afton Canyon

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Mojave River

AFTON ROAD / I-15 Exit 221
Road is rough. Passenger vehicles can
navigate the first couple miles to the
campground, but then 4-wheel drive
required.

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Train Bridge near Campground

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Afton Canyon Campground

AFTON CANYON CAMPGROUND
$6.00 camping / Free day use
Vaulted Toilets
Garbage Collection
Take Afton Road for 3.3 miles

No camping allowed in Afton Canyon
along the Mojave River, but there are
several areas in the vicinity that you
can camp...

Basin Road

Basin Road Camp Area

Basin Road Mountains

Basin Road Camp Area

Picnic Table on Basin Road

Picnic table at Basin Road (Camp and
information area). Too bad somebody
drained the sewage from their holding
tanks right in the campsite. Litter and
garbage was spread around the camp...

Basin Road / Rasor OHV Information

Basin Road / Rasor OHV Information

Basin Road / Rasor OHV Map

Notice all the bullet and shotgun
blasts to the signs on Basin Road.

Structure on Basin Road

BASIN ROAD / I-15 Exit 230
Rasor OHV Recreation Area
OHV Area with some primitive camps
Camping Limit is 14 Days.
There is deep sand throughout the area.
Bring your own water and supplies.

Road#AF305 covered with sand and rocks.
Interstate 15 take Rasor Road Exit

Minneola broken buildings and signs

Minneola broken buildings and signs

Yermo broken buildings and signs. Obie's...

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Bottle House at Calico Ghost Town

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Calico Ghost Town

CALICO GHOST TOWN
Fee area... kind of expensive.
Tent camping cost $18 per night.

Calico Early Man Archeological Site

Calico Early Man Archeological Site
is a fee area. Rough road conditions.

CALICO EARLY MAN SITE
(Archeological Site)
I-15 / Exit 198
Minneola Road 2 miles
Wednesday 12noon - 4:30pm
Thur. - Sun. 9am - 4:30pm

Sign for Zzyzx Road
I-15 west from Baker, CA

Zzyzx Road and Mineral Springs

Soda Lake Marsh Area on Zzyzx Road

Zzyzx Road (pronounced Zye-Zix)
You will see the sign on Interstate 15
8 miles west from Baker California.
CSU Desert Studies Center 4 miles
Vaulted toilets, picnic tables, and garbage
receptacles at the Orientation Center.
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