List of California desert topics
A hiking trail above Palm Springs
Deserts
- Mojave Desert (High Desert)
- Sonoran Desert
- Colorado Desert (Low Desert)
- Lower Colorado River Valley Deserts
- Great Basin Desert
Valleys
Sand dunes in Death Valley
Desert Valleys include the:
Natural history
- Category: Flora of the California desert regions
- Category: Fauna of the Mojave Desert
- Category: Fauna of the Colorado Desert
- Category: Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Parks, Nature Preserves, and Wilderness Areas
The deserts contain many national, state, county, municipal, and conservation foundation managed parks, recreation and scenic areas, wildlife preserves and nature reserves, and wilderness areas.
Parks
Recreation areas
Unique features and landmarks
Trona pinnacles
- Devils Punchbowl County Park, Littlerock, California
- Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark
- Mitchell Caverns National Preserve
- Mecca Hills National Preserve
- Saddleback Butte State Park. Lake Los Angeles, California
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
- Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark, Barstow, California
- Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark, Amboy, California
- Cima volcanic field
Wildlife and nature preserves
History and Art Museums
- Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
- Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium, Palm Springs, California
- Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel
- Harvey House Railroad Depot Casa del Desierto, Barstow, California
- Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow, California
- El Garces Hotel, Needles, California
- Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California
- Mojave Desert Heritage & Cultural Center, old Goffs schoolhouse and depot, Goffs, California
- California Route 66 Museum, Victorville, California
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, Palmdale, California
- Eastern California Museum, Owens Valley, Independence, California
- Cabot's Pueblo Museum, Desert Hot Springs, California
Population centers
Native American Reservations
- Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Palm Springs, California
- Colorado River Indian Reservation
- Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians
- Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
- Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians
- Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
- Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
- Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
- Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation
- Timbisha Indian Village, Furnace Creek, California
Cities and Settlements
- Adelanto, Amboy, Apple Valley,
- Baker, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Blythe, Brawley, *Boron, Borrego Springs,
- Calexico, California City, Calipatria, Cantil, China Lake, Coachella,
- Daggett, Darwin, Deep Springs, Desert Center, Desert Hot Springs
- El Centro, Essex,
- Fort Irwin, Furnace Creek,
- Heber, Hinkley, Holtville, Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells,
- Imperial, Indian Wells, Indio, Inyokern,
- Johannesburg, Joshua Tree,
- Keeler, Kelso, Kramer Junction,
- La Quinta, Lancaster, Landers, Lone Pine,
- Mojave, Montclair, Morongo Valley
- Needles, Newberry Springs, Niland,
- Ocotillo, Olancha,
- Palmdale, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Pearsonville,
- Rancho Mirage, Randsburg, Ridgecrest, Rosamond,
- Salton City, Seeley, Shoshone,
- Tecopa, Trona, Twentynine Palms,
- Victorville, Westmorland,
- Yermo, Yucca Valley
Military reservations
Other sights
Zzyzx Road off ramp
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