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Desert - LA
While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could
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Desert - LA
On May 30, 12:21 pm, "paddy_nyr" wrote:
While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could someone recommend where to go? Thanks Go east young man, go east. You pretty much has to go all the way to the Palm Springs area to see desert. There is a good desert museum in Palm Springs. |
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On May 30, 12:21 pm, "paddy_nyr" wrote:
While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could someone recommend where to go? Thanks Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley are referred to in L.A. as the Low Desert. There is even a section of I-10 east of Indio, CA which is below sea level. There are other deserts. The Antelope Valley, which includes northeastern L.A. County, and the Mojave Desert, which includes parts of San Bernardino County and eastern Kern County are referred to as the High Desert. The two desert areas (High & Low) are often hotter than L.A, but are reported separately on local TV newscasts. One neat thing to see in the Palm Springs area is the Aerial Tramway; it goes from the foothills of the Coachella Valley northwest of Palm Springs to Mt. San Jacinto at 8500 feet, an elevation gain of over a mile. Be sure to bring a jacket; it gets cold at the top. See http://www.pstramway.com/ for more information. |
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Desert - LA
On May 30, 12:21 pm, "paddy_nyr" wrote:
While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could someone recommend where to go? Thanks Joshua Tree National Park, 2-3 hours east of LA. http://www.nps.gov/jotr Beware, it's already over 100 degrees there. Zeyd |
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Desert - LA
Understand that the desert near LA isn't the Sahara. The high desert
toward the east is dry & interesting but not sand dunes. Strangely the best sand dunes are central Colorado at the National Park. paddy_nyr wrote: While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could someone recommend where to go? Thanks |
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Desert - LA
On Thu, 31 May 2007 00:26:37 -0400, "Frank F. Matthews"
wrote: Understand that the desert near LA isn't the Sahara. The high desert toward the east is dry & interesting but not sand dunes. Strangely the best sand dunes are central Colorado at the National Park. For great dunes I would vote for California's Imperial County. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Desert - LA
I also recommend Joshua Tree.
On 30 May 2007 18:31:16 -0700, zbenhalim wrote: On May 30, 12:21 pm, "paddy_nyr" wrote: While I'm in Los Angeles I'd like to take a ride out to see the desert could someone recommend where to go? Thanks Joshua Tree National Park, 2-3 hours east of LA. http://www.nps.gov/jotr Beware, it's already over 100 degrees there. Zeyd |
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On May 31, 2:10 pm, Hatunen wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2007 00:26:37 -0400, "Frank F. Matthews" wrote: Understand that the desert near LA isn't the Sahara. The high desert toward the east is dry & interesting but not sand dunes. Strangely the best sand dunes are central Colorado at the National Park. For great dunes I would vote for California's Imperial County. There are also big dunes in the Mojave National Preserve: www.nps.gov/moja No dunes, but lots of rocks and (surprise) joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park: www.nps.gov/jotr Dunes and desolate views at Death Valley National Park: www.nps.gov/deva Joshua Tree is an easy day trip from Los Angeles (well, easy if you don't mind driving five or six hours in a day to get there and back, plus your driving while you're there!). Mojave and Death Valley are more of an overnight (or longer) trip. A 90-minute or so diversion to or from Joshua Tree is Oak Glen. Massive and tastey apple pies there! |
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