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Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines

Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines

This old trail takes you to the Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines, offering a perfect blend of rugged desert hiking and rich mining history. The hike showcases some of the park's largest mine ruins and ends at a hidden rock cabin at Eagle Cliff. It is a

Coso Petroglyphs

Coso Petroglyphs

Also known as Renegade Canyon or Little Petroglyph Canyon, the Coso Petroglyph Site is the largest concentration of petroglyphs in North America. The canyon has more than 20,000 pecked petroglyphs in a 1- 1/2 mile section. Possibly even more amazing is about half of them are of bighorn

Belmont Mill

Belmont Mill

Surprise Tank Petroglyphs

Surprise Tank Petroglyphs

We first visited the Surprise Tank Petroglyphs out in the Mojave Desert in 1998. We’ve stopped by a few times since then but didn’t really photograph the site again until 2009. We re-visited the site in 2013, 2018, and 2020. I wanted to get a few more photos

Beveridge Ghost Camp

Beveridge Ghost Camp

Beveridge… A legendary mine camp. Probably more than anything because it is so difficult to reach, the trail is strenuous, the hike long, and time is always an issue, but the views are unparalleled, and the sense of accomplishment is unmatched. We started hiking early in the morning one spring