IWV Story Map

This is an interactive Google Earth map of Indian Wells Valley, California which shows where to find opportunities to connect with nature, people and organizations to learn more about conservation in our valley. Click on the map below and it will take you to the interactive features.

Site references from the map: 

1) eBird. (2023). Ridgecrest Watchable Wildlife Park. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L791344

2) Bureau of Land Management. (2023). Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro Corrals

https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/adoptions-and-sales/adoption-centers/ridgecrest-regional-corrals

3) Cerro Coso Community College IWV. (2023). Luis Miro de Acevedo Sculpture Garden. https://www.cerrocoso.edu/iwv/luis-miro-de-acevedo-sculpture-garden

4) All Trails. (2023). Best Trails in Rademacher Hills. https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/california/rademacher-hills

5) Maturango Museum. (2023). https://maturango.org/

6) City of Ridgecrest. (2023). Parks and Recreation. https://www.ridgecrest-ca.gov/167/Parks-Recreation

7) eBird. (2023). China Lake NAWS Golf Course. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L815562

8) eBird. (2023). Inyokern WTP. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L837239

9) Sierra Nevada Geotourism. (2023). Indian Wells Canyon. https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/indian-wells-canyon/e28e2544-e5c8-4dea-aefc-1bc394e5f0f9

10) Sierra Nevada Geotourism. (2023). Short Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern. https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/short-canyon-area-of-critical-environmental-concern/6e4cff22-bb4f-4c81-9e40-321f6f77ecbe

11) Sierra Nevada Geotourism. (2023). Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/pacific-crest-national-scenic-trail/8243dc6f-be92-4e87-8e76-eaafcb9a8d5c

12) Fraga, Naomi S. (2008). "The Vascular Flora of the Owens Peak Eastern Watershed, Southern Sierra Nevada, California," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany: Vol. 25: Iss. 1, Article 2. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol25/iss1/2

13) Sierra Nevada Geotourism. (2023). Little Lake Overlook. https://sierranevadageotourism.org/entries/little-lake-overlook-california-watchable-wildlife-viewing-site-250/5d947cb3-3c84-4549-9d47-a46941b721d7

14) California Through My Lens. (2023). Fossil Falls. https://californiathroughmylens.com/fossil-falls/