At Hole in the Wall the climb up and down the Ring Trail and hike behind the mesa at Hole in the Wall checking out the lava flow and piroclasic flow layed down 10,000 years ago. Kelso Dunes is a great hike, there is no real trail to the top of these and my friends dogs just loved running over the sand. Just down the road is the historical landmark of Kelso Station, a little run down right now. Im sure as the government developes the Presevre this will be restored and a majior meeting place out here in the desert. If you can and have a four wheel drive truck take the mantaince road over the Providance Mountians to Kelso Dunes from Essexx road.
Further east is the ruines of an old fort.
Fort Piute use to guard the wagon trains and stage coaches coming from Trace Cruses New Mexico. Gaurding the only year round water souce for the area for 40 miles around didn't hurt either. You can find several Indian petroglyphs craved into the rocks in this area by hunters possibly over 1,000 years ago when the area was wetter and game more plentiful. To find these you may need a topo mape showing thier location and a little exsploring, but dont disturb them for the next person. Besides it's a fedrale crime to damage them.