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These trips have no directions or GPS waypoints. Some are misnamed on purpose. Typically, someone has asked me not to share the location or real name. Be sure to scroll down to load all the posts.

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Panamint Valley Geoglyph #1

Panamint Valley Geoglyph #1

Out in Panamint Valley, near an old camp, My buddy Dan took me to a geoglyph site on the desert pavement. The geoglyphs here are primarily linear, with a few spurs. It is a small site, but I have a feeling there are more in the area. I am planning

DRV Mine

DRV Mine

Inscription Fork of Lemoigne Canyon

Inscription Fork of Lemoigne Canyon

Striped Butte Fallout Shelter

Striped Butte Fallout Shelter

Was this old mining adit made into a fallout shelter? Maybe it is one of Charles Manson’s secret hideouts? Or the Ballarat Bandit? Perhaps a local resident and miner set it up as an apocalypse bug-out shelter? Maybe it is one of many in the area? Perhaps I know

Angel Canyon Ruin

Angel Canyon Ruin

Newberry Cave Pictographs

Newberry Cave Pictographs

Nestled high in the mountains above Barstow, Newberry Cave sits quietly and unassumingly. Caves and pictographs are both rare in the Mojave Desert; this is a unique and amazing place. The cave was first discovered by locals in the 1930s but wasn’t excavated until 1953 by Dr. Gerald Smith,

Lida Wash Petroglyphs

Lida Wash Petroglyphs