Along the Road - US 395 Inyokern to Olancha

The next stop after Channel Islands National Park on our February 2015 trip to southern California was Death Valley National Park. Our route took us from Ventura through Santa Clarita, Palmdale and Lancaster before leaving the freeways of the greater Los Angeles area. Once out of the traffic and in the desert again, we had some beautiful scenery as we traveled along CA 14, US 395 and CA 190 as we approached Death Valley.

At Nine Mile Canyon Road

Sierra Nevada 

An unnamed 7900' double peak in the center and a 7000' peak to the right

Old lava flows, Volcano Butte and the Argus Range in the
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

At Coso Rest Area

Rose Valley and 6100' triple peak

Unnamed 7000’ peak in the Sierra Nevada 

8800’ peak above Lewis Canyon in the Sierra Nevada