Mojave National Preserve

Pros: towering sand dunes, craggy scenic mountains, caves, history, convenient to get to
Cons: underdeveloped tourist attractions, overdeveloped by natural resource exploiters, weather extremes

Introduction The Mojave National Preserve is a complete desert experience. Whatever you expect from a desert visit, the preserve has it. Sand dunes? Check. Cactus and Joshua Trees? Check. Interesting geologic features? ...

Pros: The stars are very bright and plentiful
Cons: Not enough areas to use vehicles anymore

As I have stated before I lived in the California desert for a few years and I was glad to get out of there. This review is going to be the good and bad of the Mojave preserves. Just remember I'm racking my brain for the good but, I think I can do it...

Pros: unbelievable scenery, variety, wilderness
Cons: extreme temperatures, degree of danger

I am writing specifically about the Mojave National Preserve which is a small public area of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert as a geographical region is huge, and includes a lot of government and military land such as Edwards Air Force Base (and is...