# List of California desert topics
## Deserts

* Mojave Desert (High Desert)
* Sonoran Desert
** Colorado Desert (Low Desert)
** Yuha Desert
** See also: Lower Colorado River Valley Deserts
* Great Basin Desert

### Valleys

Desert Valleys include the:
* Owens Valley
* Deep Springs Valley
* Eureka Valley
* Saline Valley
* Death Valley
* Panamint Valley
* Indian Wells Valley
* Fremont Valley
* Antelope Valley
* Victor Valley
* Lucerne Valley
* Lanfair Valley
* Coachella Valley
* Imperial Valley
* Lower Colorado River Valley
* Death Valley

## Natural history

* Category: Flora of the California desert regions
* Category: Fauna of the Mojave Desert
* Category: Fauna of the Colorado Desert
* Category: Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
* Wildflower superbloom

## Parks, Nature Preserves, and Wilderness Areas

The deserts contain many national, state, county, municipal, and conservation foundation managed parks, recreation and scenic areas, wildlife preserves and nature reserves, and wilderness areas.

### Parks

* Mojave National Preserve (National Park Service)
* Death Valley National Park
* Joshua Tree National Park
* Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
* Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
* Mount San Jacinto State Park
* Red Rock Canyon State Park
* Mojave Narrows Park

### Recreation areas

* Algodones Dunes - Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area
* Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge

### Unique features and landmarks

* Devils Punchbowl County Park, Littlerock, California
* Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark
* Mitchell Caverns National Preserve
* Mecca Hills National Preserve
* Saddleback Butte State Park. Lake Los Angeles, California
* Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
* Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark, Barstow, California
* Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark, Amboy, California
* Cima volcanic field

### Wildlife and nature preserves

* Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
* Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
* Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
* Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

## History and Art Museums

* Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
* Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium, Palm Springs, California
* Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel
* Harvey House Railroad Depot Casa del Desierto, Barstow, California
* Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow, California
* El Garces Hotel, Needles, California
* Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California
* Mojave Desert Heritage & Cultural Center, old Goffs schoolhouse and depot, Goffs, California
* California Route 66 Museum, Victorville, California
* Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, Palmdale, California
* Eastern California Museum, Owens Valley, Independence, California
* Cabot's Pueblo Museum, Desert Hot Springs, California

## Population centers
### Native American Reservations

* Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Palm Springs, California
* Colorado River Indian Reservation
* Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians
* Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
* Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians
* Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
* Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
* Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
* Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation
* Timbisha Indian Village, Furnace Creek, California

### Cities and Settlements

* Adelanto
* Amboy
* Apple Valley
* Baker
* Barstow
* Big Bear Lake
* Blythe
* Brawley
* Boron
* Borrego Springs
* Calexico
* California City
* Calipatria
* Cantil
* Cathedral City
* China Lake
* Coachella,
* Daggett
* Darwin
* Deep Springs
* Desert Center
* Desert Hot Springs
* El Centro
* Essex
* Fort Irwin
* Furnace Creek
* Heber
* Hinkley
* Holtville
* Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells
* Imperial, Indian Wells
* Indio
* Inyokern
* Johannesburg
* Joshua Tree
* Keeler
* Kelso
* La Quinta
* Lancaster
* Landers
* Lone Pine
* Mojave
* Montclair
* Morongo Valley
* Needles
* Newberry Springs
* Niland
* Ocotillo
* Olancha
* Palmdale
* Palm Desert
* Palm Springs
* Pearsonville,
* Rancho Mirage
* Randsburg
* Ridgecrest
* Rosamond
* Salton City
* Seeley
* Shoshone
* Tecopa
* Trona
* Twentynine Palms
* Victorville
* Westmorland
* Yermo
* Yucca Valley

### Military reservations

* Edwards Air Force Base
* China Lake Naval Weapons Center
* Fort Irwin Military Reservation
* Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base
* Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range

## Other sights

* Blythe Intaglios
* Bradshaw Trail
* Calico Ghost Town
* Coso Rock Art District petroglyphs
* Mojave Road
* Pioneertown
* U.S. Route 66
* Trona Pinnacles
* Wildflower superbloom
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