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Mojave National Preserve

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Mojave National Preserve: see Mojave Desert Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States.
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Mojave National Preserve
Address: 2701 Barstow Rd
Barstow, CA 92311
Phone: 760-252-6100;
Fax: 760-252-6174;
Web: www.nps.gov/moja/
Size: 1,529,927 acres.
Established: Established on October 31, 1994, by the California Desert Protection Act.
Location: Easily reached via I-15 or I-40 east of Barstow, California, and west of Needles, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Six freeway exits provide visitor access.
Facilities: Campgrounds, visitor center, trails.
Activities: Camping, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, auto touring, hunting, wildflower viewing, off-road driving, interpretive programs.
Special Features: The preserve protects the fragile habitat of the desert tortoise, vast open spaces, and historic mining scenes, such as the Kelso Railroad Depot (built in 1924). It is also home to the world's largest Joshua tree forest and the 600-foot-high Kelso Dunes, the third tallest dunes in North America.

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95 south from Las Vegas and skirting the eastern edge of the Mojave National Preserve before heading to Palm Springs, then west to Los Angeles.
Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month in a case involving a cross on top of Sunrise Rock in a remote part of the Mojave National Preserve in California, not far from the Nevada border.
Critics charge that the cross, currently boxed and hidden in plywood, violates the US Constitution's ban on government favoring one religion over another because of where it sits: on government land at the Mojave National Preserve.
 
 
 
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