National Monument · BLM · CA
Chuckwalla National Monument
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California Bureau of Land Management (Public domain) · source
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Alerts and conditions
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Overview
About 624,000 acres of the Colorado Desert in Riverside and Imperial counties, California, between Joshua Tree National Park and the Salton Sea region. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management with co-stewardship by Tribal Nations. Its status is the subject of pending litigation.
Written by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, from Proclamation 10881 and the Bureau of Land Management
History
- Establishment of the Chuckwalla National Monument.
Presidential proclamation (Proclamation 10881, 90 FR 6715) by Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Plan your visit
Check the Bureau of Land Management for current hours, fees and access.
Pair it with
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 37 miles
- Joshua Tree National Park NPS · 38 miles
- Cibola National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 41 miles
- Imperial National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 54 miles
- Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 60 miles
- Santa Rosa-San Jacinto Mountains National Monument BLM · 66 miles