Ridgecrest
lodging

recreation:

camping

off-roading

mountain biking

horseback riding

Kennedy & Monache Meadows

ghost towns

mining

biking

hiking

Chimney Peak Scenic Route

petroglyph tours @ China Lake

Saline Valley Hot Springs

parks, forests, rivers & lakes:

Death Valley National Park

Fossil Falls

Trona Pinnacles

Red Rock Canyon State Park

Sequoia National Forest

Lake Isabella - Sierra Nevada

Bright Star Wilderness

North Mojave BLM Ridgecrest

Kiavah Wilderness

Manly Peak Wilderness

Owens Peak Wilderness

Sacatar Trail Wilderness

Golden Valley Wilderness

Grass Valley Wilderness

Chimney Peak Byway

Maturango Museum Ridgecrest

description:
High desert region with views of the majestic Southern Sierras. It's not about the city of Ridgecrest, where you can get a new tire or oil change when needed, but all the great landscape that is located around it. Within an hours drive you can be in pine filled mountains of the Sierra Nevada, high sierra sage meadows, examine joshua trees up close, find an old mine & explore desert back roads everywhere. Or you can head into the lunar-scapes of Panamint Valley, Trona Pinnacles or even the depths of Death Valley National Park.

nearby towns:

Mojave

Olancha

Randsburg [Ghost Town]

Red Mountain

Johannesburg

Lone Pine

Darwin

Trona

Panamint Springs

Death Valley

Kernville

Lake Isabella

local links:

Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce
128 E. California Ave, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
760-375-8331
https://www.ridgecrestchamber.com/

City of Ridgecrest CA
Inyokern Airport
Desert Indian Museum
Recycling Center
Pita Fresh
Cocina Caliente