Attractions of Southern California
- Fresno: Stan Bitters’ murals at Duncan Ceramic (5697 E Fountain Way, Fresno)
- Lake Isabella
- Remington Hot Springs in Bodfish (35.5767, -118.5529), the only free hot springs in the Kern River Valley, between Bakersfield and Ridgecrest 12 kms south of Lake Isabella (the town, which is south of the lake), 12kms on Old Kern Canyon Rd (aka Lake Isabella Blvd) which parallels 178
- Silver City ghost town also in Bodfish
- Tehachapi railroad (camping nearby: Tehachapi Mountain Park 17350 Water Canyon Rd)
- Mojave Desert - Red Rock Park
- Lone Pine: Alabama Hills (see The Eastern Sierra )
- Death Valley
- Calico ghost town near Barstow
- Palm Springs: Richard Neutra's Kaufmann house (470 West Vista Chino), John Lautner's Elrod House (2175 Southridge Drive), +John Lautner's Bob Hope Residence (1979) (2466 Southridge Drive), William Krisel's Twin Palms Estate, homes with butterfly roof
- Desert Hot Springs (but it has no hot springs, just expensive hotels with swimming pools)
- Joshua Tree Park
- Salton Sea (near Indio and Coachella): one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest points (highway 86 on the east side of the lake to Mecca Beach and Corvina Beach)
- Rim of the World highway (San Bernardino)
- Idyllwild - Mt San Jacinto
- San Diego
- San Bernardino mountains
- Coso petroglyphs (The Maturango museum in Ridgecrest organizes tours or contact the China Lake Public Affairs office 760-939-1683 for free visits but you must be a US citizen because this area is on a military base, it takes the whole day and requires a military escort - click here for details)
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