Carrizo Plain National Monument

Description:

The Carrizo Plain National Monument, located 100 airline miles (160 km) from Los Angeles, is an area by-passed by time. Soda Lake, its centerpiece, is a glistening bed of white salt, set within a vast open grassland, rimmed by steep mountains. The plain is home to diverse communities of wildlife and plant species, is an area culturally important to Native Americans, and is traversed by the San Andreas fault, which has created and moved mountain ranges, carved valleys and is marked by a subtle alignment of ridges, ravines and pools.

Directions:

Carrizo Plain National Monument is west of Bakersfield, California.

Address:

Bakersfield Field Office

3801 Pegasus Avenue

Bakersfield CA 93308

Phone:

661-391-6000

Email:

johna_hurl@blm.gov

Organization:

BLM - Bureau of Land Management