Overview

Out in the seldom visited, far northern end of Desert National Wildlife Refuge lies Desert Dry Lake, a playa that covers some 15 square miles. The lake wasn't always dry, and near the lakebed sits the site of an historic campsite.

Native peoples used the site, and later ranchers or miners stayed here too. The native people left stories written on the rocks, and perhaps a solar calendar, while the Europeans left trash and a small barbed-wire fence corral.

This site is located on the northeastern portion of DNWR, in the area that the US Air Force wants to take over and lock the public out, but activists saved it for all of us.

Please don't ask where this site is, exactly. Without proper law enforcement in that area, there is no way to ensure that this site will be left intact for future generations.