Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Views from popular trails and wilderness areas in the Mojave National Preserve. Look at each photo's description for location information. Feel free to contact a Mojave National Preserve ranger if you have questions about current conditions at specific locations.

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Some cinder cone volcanoes stand behind a mix of desert greenery, including creosote, Mojave yucca, and Joshua tree.

Scenic view of Cinder Cone vol...

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Orange blooms carpet the desert. A few tree skeletons stand toward the center of the frame. In the background, piles of boulders sit.

Globe mallow in Mid Hills area

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A woman in a black tank top stands lit up by a beam of light coming through a hole in the ceiling of the lava tube. The cave surrounding the woman is dark. The walls of the cave are dark rock.

Hiker in lava tube

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A smiling female hiker in a red hoodie stands on the crest of a sand dune.

Hiker on Kelso Dunes

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A male hiker in a plaid shirt climbs up the rings in Banshee Canyon along the Rings Loop Trail.

Hiker on Rings Loop trail

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A path is on the left side of the picture. To the right, a mature Cholla cactus and a large boulder pile are visible. Tan-colored sand dunes are in the distance.

Quail Spring Basin walk

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A wash forms a natural path through rounded tan-colored granite boulders. Overhead is a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Sheep Corral

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The granite spires of the New York Mountains/Caruthers Canyon area are in the background. In the foreground, there are tall trees and cactus.

Caruthers Canyon

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A snow-dusted rock cabin, with snowy bushes surrounding it.

Rock House on Rock Spring Loop...

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A rolling landscape view of desert sand dunes, pocked with outcrops of dunes grass. The sky is dark, so there are a lot of shadows between peaks.

Kelso Dunes

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A path leads through the center of the picture. On the left side of the path, burned Joshua tree and cholla cactus skeletons stand on blackened ashy ground. On the right side of the path, the plants are lush, thick, and unburned.

Teutonia Peak trail after dome...

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Two hikers ascend the portion of the Rings Loop trail that goes through Banshee Canyon.

Rings Loop Trail at Hole in th...

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Rock outcrops show clear horizontal lines, marking different eruptive periods.

Wild Horse Mesa - view from Ri...

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Rock Spring

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A green tree growing on a rock, surrounded by other rocks.

Rock Spring

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A black and red bicycle stands on the cracked surface of Soda Dry Lake. Tire tracks stretch out towards the horizon.

Soda Dry Lake

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Smooth water-worn rocks on the canyon floor have grass growing up between them. The canyon continues far into the distance.

Bull Canyon

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Burned Joshua tree skeletons stand between granite outcrops on Cima Dome.

Burned landscape of Cima Dome

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