Introduction:
Few blogs links that provides additional information, this will help you plan your road trip to this area:
My Eastern Sierra blog directory
Death Valley
Where?
: The road from Mojave to Lone Pine at eastern Sierra, hwy 14 connected to hwy
395
What? :
This 120 miles road can be covered by two hr drive or it can fill half/full day
of nice activities, places to visit and to see along the way.
When? :
year round, preferred not in summer
My
thoughts: I really like this road section, very nice/strange things to see, few
nature parks and visiting Alabama Hills, just out of Lone Pine, as probably the
best “non-official park” (BLM land) you can find in the region.
The
visit:
Our drive
at Mojave although the town itself is not on the main hwy.
Mojave:
The town
itself (actually it is one-road town) has no attraction and it is even not
located on the main hwy (on the way east or north) but if you need fill up gas
or something to eat you can find it there (also few hotels).
Near
the town of Mojave there is a huge wind turbine fields and an airfield with
many deserted airplanes (I did not find clos by viewing point).
It is not
a must stop but interesting photographic location.
Friends
of Jawbone BLM office information:
A very
informative visitor center on all off-road options this vast desert land has to
offer. If you are planning off-road trip this is the place to stop, get local
maps and ask for information (check about overnight permits ?).
Red
Rock Canyon State Park:
Short stop
on the way north (or overnight camping), see blog link.
Indian
Wells Brewing Company:
A nice restaurant
& brewhouse stop on the way
Uniroyal
Gal (Hubcap Lady statue):
Nice
stop near the large Hubcap Lady statue on the right side of the road, there is
a park so you can have a short lunch break.
Fossil
Falls:
A nice nature
stops on the way, a short hike will take you on the black basalt rocks to the
dray nice waterfall and small canyon below. There is a campground nearby.
Olancha
Open Sculpture Garden:
I did
not visit this place but from pictures it looks as a very nice stop on the way,
field of art sculptures that you can walk around.
Lone
Pine:
Eastern
Sierra Interagency Visitor Center: local information center
Lone
Pine Film History Museum: I did not visit
Alabama
Hills Cafe & Bakery: nice bakery to eat breakfast
Alabama Hills:
Few miles
east of Lone Pine on the way to Whitney Portal you can find one of the nicest unique
small parks the eastern sierra. Large and small potato shape boulders and many
arch formations right at the foot of the sierra mountain range.
Additional
Pictures:
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