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ACME SLOT CANYON Featuring Amargosa Canyon, RAINBOW MOUNTAIN China Ranch, Salt Creek, Tecopa,

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SHOSHONE MUSEUM 373 ASH MEADOWS ASH MEADOWS WILDLIFE A D RESERVE

160 TOIYABE D NATIONAL 190 Death Valley FOREST 178 Junction NEVADA

127 372 Exhibits on local geology, ecology and history, This National Wildlife Refuge is home to desert including fossil Mammoth skeleton found Pahrump pupfish and rare “endemic” plants that grow nearby. nowhere else.

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Family-owned date farm in a hidden oasis, with An important rest stop on the Old Spanish Trail gift shop and trailhead for hikes to Amargosa Baker from New Mexico to Los Angeles from 1830 Canyon (see trail map on reverse side). Trailhead through the 1860s. During the Ice Ages, rainfall facilities include parking, kiosk, restrooms and from San Bernardino Mountains flowed down shaded picnic tables. 0 5 Mi the Mojave River and through this gap eroded in granite rock en route to Death Valley.