Rasor provides for a remote motorized recreation experience amidst an expansive landscape of small rugged mountains and scattered sand dunes. encompasses nearly 24,000 acres of public land along with a few private sections. This Special Recreation Management Area is located about 50 miles east of Barstow, CA where self-reliant OHV enthusiasts challenge themselves against the elements. The remote and rugged nature of the terrain appeal to those seeking primitive camping opportunities as well as challenging terrain, fabulous scenery, and opportunities for solitude. Recreation
Visitors to Rasor enjoy excellent recreation opportunities including open desert riding on All- Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), motorcycles, dune buggies, Utility Terrain Vehicles (UTVs), and camping. In addition to the riding and camping activities this area provides access and support facilities for staging OHV and 4X4 vehicle touring into the adjacent area of the Mojave Trails National Monument (MTNM). This and other surrounding limited use areas require vehicles to travel on designated routes. There is also street legal vehicle access into the Mojave National Preserve along the Mojave Road. Access roads to Rasor are Basin and Rasor Roads via Interstate 15, 12 miles southwest of Baker, CA. Hunting and Shooting
The Rasor OHV Area, as well as surrounding Limited Use Areas, are open to recreational shooting with the exception of the Afton Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). The Afton Canyon ACEC is closed to recreational shooting except legal shotgun hunting outside a ½-mile perimeter of the campground and middle of railroad trestle. Seasons and bag limits vary so be sure to check with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for complete and current hunting regulations. Fire and county ordinance restrictions may apply as well. In the immediate vicinity of wildlife guzzlers, hunting is limited to 30 minutes. It is illegal to shoot within 150 yards of any campsite or to shoot at trees, signs, glass bottles, domestic livestock, outbuildings, or other objects on federal land. On private land, visitors must obtain permission from the landowner to discharge
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Camping is permitted anywhere within the open area of Rasor, but is limited to a maximum of 14 consecutive days There is less primitive camping available at the Afton Canyon campground, situated at the west end of the canyon. This newly renovated campground for a fee of $6 per night. There is also a 14-day stay limit. Each site is equipped with a shade structure,
October). Fire danger is extreme during most of the Historic Highlights
The Mojave Road, an important historic period travel route, bisects the OHV area in a southwest-to- northeast direction. Remnants of the 1906 Tonapah & Tidewater Railroad berm is adjacent to the eastern OHV area boundary, and a portion of the historic and boundary.
Native Americans as a trade route for thousands of
In 1829, Mexican explorer Antonio Armijo pioneered trail, now designated a National Historic Trail, can still be found at Afton Canyon. When the Americans began pushing westward, Jedediah Smith, Kit Carson, John Fremont and others came this way to reach the pueblos on the coast. When gold was discovered in ‘49, most of the ‘Niners took the northern route, but thousands followed the southern route and took the Mojave Road. Today, visitors can enjoy this 138-mile 4-wheel drive trail from nearby Camp Cady to the shore of the Colorado River. .
Afton Canyon Campground Located within the Mojave Trails Monument, Afton OHV use is restricted to signed designated “open Canyon is designated an ACEC to protect plant, routes” within the canyon - cross-country travel is not wildlife, and other resources within the canyon. authorized. For more information, contact the Bureau Recreation opportunities abound for OHV touring, birdwatching, wildlife viewing, and hiking in the ACEC. (760) 252-6000.
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