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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 16: Button Mountain to Baker by bicycle via Aiken Mine Road, with a stop at the Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve /

After reaching the dead-end, I turn back and take a minor route shown on my maps that will skirt around the private property

04414-aiken-mine-road.jpg The road ends unexpectedly at a gate to a cinder mining area that is still being usedThumbnailsI pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThe road ends unexpectedly at a gate to a cinder mining area that is still being usedThumbnailsI pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThe road ends unexpectedly at a gate to a cinder mining area that is still being usedThumbnailsI pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThe road ends unexpectedly at a gate to a cinder mining area that is still being usedThumbnailsI pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the backgroundThe road ends unexpectedly at a gate to a cinder mining area that is still being usedThumbnailsI pause briefly on the rough road to look back through the joshua trees at the Cima mining area in the background

I saw the intersection with this rough road before reaching the gate, but didn't realize it would be my route.