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2–3 Days
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Palms to Pines Scenic Byway 2 Days
Beat the desert heat in the mountain
hamlet of Idyllwild. (p349)
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Temecula, Julian & Anza-Borrego
3 Days
Vineyards and apple farms, then off-roading in
California’s biggest state park. (p357)
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NEVADA
ARIZONA
MEXICO
UTAH
Sonoran
Desert
Lake
Mead
Salton
Sea
Humboldt
National
Forest
Humboldt-Toiyabe
National
Forest
Mojave
National
Preserve
Death
Valley
National
Park
LakeMead
National
Recreation
Area
Zion
National
Park
r
WhiteMountain
(14, 24 6ft)
MtWhitney
(14,505ft)
Telescope
Peak
(11,049ft)
Beatty
Tecopa
LonePine
Shoshone
Trona
Kelso
Ludlow
Ocotillo
Wells
Randsburg
Primm
Ballarat
Daggett
Joshua
Tree
Amboy
Mojave
Lucerne
Valley
Chiriaco
Summit
Baker
Furnace
Creek
BorregoSprings
Barstow Needles
Indio Blythe
Parker
Victorville
Temecula
Lake
Havasu
City
LaJolla
Twentynine
Palms
Palmdale
Laguna
Beach
Ridgecrest
Long
Beach
Palm
Springs
SanDiego
Escondido
Tijuana
Anaheim
San
Bernardino
Kingman
Oceanside
LasVegas
ElCentro
Mexicali
Los
Angeles
Ocotillo
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DON'T
MISS
Seal Beach
Slow way down for
this old-fashioned
beach town, squeezed
between LA and
the OC, where you
can learn to surf by
the weather-beaten
wooden pier on Trip q
Sunny Jim Cave
North of San Diego in La
Jolla, walk down spooky
steps through a tunnel
into California’s only
sea cave accessible to
landlubbers on Trip r
Amboy
Watch desert
tumbleweeds blow by
on Route 66 outside
classic Roy’s Cafe, with
its giant-sized landmark
neon sign, on Trip u
Valley of the Falls
Tumble down the Rim of
the World Scenic Byway
to SoCal’s pint-sized
version of Yosemite
Valley on Trip v
Tecopa
Soak in hot-springs
pools where Native
Americans once
camped, then grab a
snack at China Ranch
Date Farm on Trip w