The Mojave Road, West


The Mojave Road is an easy trail, with the exception of Soda Dry Lake when wet. A 2WD truck with some ground clearance and decent tires should be able to make it through this trail. You could do the entire trail in a day if you wanted to, but then you would miss much of what is offered out here. How else could you walk around the ruins of Fort Piute? How would you drag a stolen Dodge Challenger out of the Mojave River Wash if you didn’t stop to take in the sights in for a minute?

I drove the Mojave Road, starting at Afton Canyon from west to east. Most people seem to do this road east to west. There is a section of the Mojave Road that continues west of Afton Canyon, but I opted not to do so. This page covers the road going from Afton Canyon to Kelbaker Road. With the direction of travel I took, cairns (piles of rock along the trail) are always on the left.

The Mojave Road, Central

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Free Dodge Challenger, slightly used and sitting in the Mojave River wash:

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It gets a little muddy and slick here…

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