The Mojave National Preserve is a very large protected area of the Mojave desert.  It’s the 3rd largest park in the lower 48 states, covering 1,600,000 acres (2,400 square miles).  The diversity of the landscape, terrain and wildlife is amazing.  This area has it all – the largest and densest known Joshua Tree forests in the world are located within the preserve, as are sand dunes reaching over 600′ into the sky (Kelso Dunes), caves, lava tubes, volcanic cinder cones, mountains, dry lakes, wild flowers, natural arches, petrified wood, etc.  Beyond the natural beauty, there are layers of human history, too.  It’s littered with abandoned mines, ghost towns and structures to explore.  Throughout the preserve you will find traces of our pre-history, with many locations containing ancient habitation sites with petroglyphs, pictographs, grinding slicks, cupules, lithic flakes and broken pottery.  The pictures on this page are random images throughout the preserve.  To find more site-specific pictures within the preserve, please peruse through my galleries.

Please click on the images below – please note the two videos below the pictures:

Drives along the Old Mojave Road…