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Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area
Enjoy over 85,000-acres of desert, dunes, and even bubbling mud pools as you explore this park by ATV, motorbike, or dune buggy.
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Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area Details
Enjoy over 85,000-acres of desert, dunes, and even bubbling mud pools as you explore this park by ATV, motorbike, or dune buggy. There are plenty of unique landscapes in this area perfect for off-roading vehicles, all of which are completely free today visitors or overnight campers. Head to Blowsand Hill to cruise along the uphill sandy dunes or to Pumpkin Patch to see sandstone cliffs and "pumpkin-like" rock formations. Gas Domes is another fascinating area, with bubbling mud pools that pop through the crevices of the desert landscape.
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