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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 9: Nipton to Malpais Spring by bicycle via Walking Box Ranch Road, Mojave National Preserve /

I've just coasted blissfully down 6 miles of Nevada 164 and reach unpaved Walking Box Ranch Road, where I'll turn off

6120-nevada-164.jpg Purple desert sages dominate the foreground as I go for a short walk in the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness AreaThumbnailsThe historic Walking Box Ranch is being restored, but is not yet open to the publicPurple desert sages dominate the foreground as I go for a short walk in the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness AreaThumbnailsThe historic Walking Box Ranch is being restored, but is not yet open to the publicPurple desert sages dominate the foreground as I go for a short walk in the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness AreaThumbnailsThe historic Walking Box Ranch is being restored, but is not yet open to the publicPurple desert sages dominate the foreground as I go for a short walk in the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness AreaThumbnailsThe historic Walking Box Ranch is being restored, but is not yet open to the publicPurple desert sages dominate the foreground as I go for a short walk in the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness AreaThumbnailsThe historic Walking Box Ranch is being restored, but is not yet open to the public

I've dropped 900 feet to about 3950 feet elevation. I can see the town of Searchlight, Nevada 7 miles further down the hill. Searchlight is not on my route for this trip, but I might end up visiting there if I don't locate water at Malpais Spring.