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Walking Box Ranch Road is mostly straight and slightly uphill, but occasional humps over desert topography add interest

6152-walking-box-ranch-road.jpg The pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plantsThumbnailsViews down to the town of Searchlight, Nevada open up occasionally along Walking Box Ranch RoadThe pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plantsThumbnailsViews down to the town of Searchlight, Nevada open up occasionally along Walking Box Ranch RoadThe pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plantsThumbnailsViews down to the town of Searchlight, Nevada open up occasionally along Walking Box Ranch RoadThe pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plantsThumbnailsViews down to the town of Searchlight, Nevada open up occasionally along Walking Box Ranch RoadThe pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plantsThumbnailsViews down to the town of Searchlight, Nevada open up occasionally along Walking Box Ranch Road

The abundance of joshua trees makes for a scenic ride, even though the miles of telephone poles look endless at times.