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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 15: Pachalka Spring to Button Mountain, Mojave National Preserve via Aiken Mine Road /

Not wanting to descend any further toward the cinder cones, I make a sharp left on a second road to Button Mountain

04341-button-mountain.jpg Volcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsMy campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua treesVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsMy campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua treesVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsMy campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua treesVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsMy campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua treesVolcanic ash is scattered around here and I can see the cinder cones that I'm used to seeing when riding up Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsMy campsite near Button Mountain is a perfectly sized clearing between two joshua trees

I pull over and dismantle my rig when I finally locate a decent-sized clearing in the brush that will make a good campsite, not too close to the main road.