Ocotillo Wells' Arroyo Salado
California Vehicular Recreation Area

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Looking over a petrified tree buried in the sand.


These unusual rolling hills and sand washes, located 10 miles west of Hwy. 86 on Hwy. 78, The area consists of 4,800 acres now part of the Ocotillo Wells Vehicular Recreation Area. Part of the area was used for training by the Army Tank Corps in the early part of World War II. The area has been cleared of most dangerous material, but it is still possible to find old ammo buried in the sand. Anything found should be left alone and reported to the BLM or Rangers in the area. The wash run into Anza Borrego Desert State Park where only street legal vehicle are allowed.


Some old 50-calibre ammo that must have been dropped in a 1942-43 training exercise.



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