Saddleback Butte State Park
Location:17 miles east of Lancaster on East Avenue J and 170th Street East.
Facilities:50 family campsites, group camp, restrooms, picnic
areas, nature trails, hiking trails, equestrian trail (4.5 miles),
visitor center, exhibits.
Activities:Camping, hiking, horseback riding.
Special Features:Saddleback Butte is a 3,651-foot-high granite mountaintop that stands
1,000 feet above Antelope Valley on the western edge of the Mojave
Desert. The state park, which surrounds the butte, was created to
protect the butte as well as examples of native Joshua Tree woodlands
and other plants and animals that were once common throughout this high
desert area.
Address:c/o Inland Empire District Office
17801 Lake Perris Dr
Perris, CA 92571
Phone:661-942-0662
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=618
Size: 2,954 acres.
See other parks in
California.