Tag: San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault Zone and the tortured landscape of Painted Canyon
If you want to see the effects of earthquake faults up close and personal, then among the spots you will want to visit is Painted Canyon, located in the Mecca Hills just east of Indio. This area is known as the San Andreas Fault Zone due to the numerous faults in close proximity that criss…
Features of the San Andreas Fault near Wrightwood
Back in October, we took a short trip across the Angeles Crest Highway, stopping at the Mount Wilson Observatory along the way. The follwoing day, we spent some time exploring features of the San Andreas Fault around the Wrightwood area. The former Big Pines Visitor Center (which appear to be forest offices now) sits at…
San Andreas Fault at the Palmdale Road Cut
Road trip to the Carrizo Plain National Monument
With the kids gone for the weekend, it was road trip time! So where better to go than the remote Carrizo Plain National Monument, located in the far eastern corner of San Luis Obispo County. Having only a day to spend there, we left Friday night and stayed up the I-5 off the Stockdale Highway…