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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 7: Eagle Rocks day hike from Mid Hills campground, Mojave National Preserve /

Instead of climbing straight up the hills back to Mid Hills campground, I head south briefly on an old road

5670-eagle-rocks.jpg Just east of the south end of Eagle Rocks, I head east (right) across the broad canyonThumbnailsThe old road that heads south from Eagle Rocks passes through an area that escaped the 2005 brush firesJust east of the south end of Eagle Rocks, I head east (right) across the broad canyonThumbnailsThe old road that heads south from Eagle Rocks passes through an area that escaped the 2005 brush firesJust east of the south end of Eagle Rocks, I head east (right) across the broad canyonThumbnailsThe old road that heads south from Eagle Rocks passes through an area that escaped the 2005 brush firesJust east of the south end of Eagle Rocks, I head east (right) across the broad canyonThumbnailsThe old road that heads south from Eagle Rocks passes through an area that escaped the 2005 brush firesJust east of the south end of Eagle Rocks, I head east (right) across the broad canyonThumbnailsThe old road that heads south from Eagle Rocks passes through an area that escaped the 2005 brush fires

The old road is a "cherry stem" with official Wilderness on both sides, so it can be driven legally for anyone who dares.