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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2009, Spring: Mojave National Preserve / Day 10: Nipton to Black Palisades and back hike, Mojave National Preserve /

The old road out of Nipton is marginal at best and is a bit washed out in places, but it makes a great trail

03443-black-palisades-road.jpg At the junction of two old roads, I take the one that heads off to my left, toward the Mid HillsThumbnailsI leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black PalisadesAt the junction of two old roads, I take the one that heads off to my left, toward the Mid HillsThumbnailsI leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black PalisadesAt the junction of two old roads, I take the one that heads off to my left, toward the Mid HillsThumbnailsI leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black PalisadesAt the junction of two old roads, I take the one that heads off to my left, toward the Mid HillsThumbnailsI leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black PalisadesAt the junction of two old roads, I take the one that heads off to my left, toward the Mid HillsThumbnailsI leave the primitive road and start walking cross-country toward Black Palisades

This road is not in a Wilderness area, and while it doesn't seem to get much automobile use, tracks indicate that some dirt bikers enjoy this route occasionally.