Kessler Springs Road

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Kessler Springs Road - Mojave National Preserve
	Tom Schweich

Kessler Springs Road connects Valley Wells on the north with Cima on the south.

Literature Cited:
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Other articles:
• Kingston Road: Valley Wells;
• Interstate 15: Valley Wells;

Valley Wells

Junction:

Kingston Road, north to the Kingston Range.
U. S. Interstate 15, east to Las Vegas, west to Los Angeles.

Locations: Clark Mountain.
Clark Mountain as seen from Kessler Springs Road.

Clark Mountain as seen from Kessler Springs Road. Two trucks on Interstate 15 can be faintly seen in the left middle ground.

Locations: Mojave National Preserve.
Entrance sign near Valley Wells.

North entrance to Mojave National Preserve.

Other articles:
• Zinc Mine Road: Kessler Springs Road;

Junction: Zinc Mine Road, northeast through Piute Valley, past Kokoweef Peak, to US I-15 at Mountain Pass.

Locations: Striped Mountain.
Striped Mountain as seen from Kessler Springs Road.

Striped Mountain as seen from Kessler Springs Road.

Literature Cited:
- Koenig, Heidi, 2007.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 20050527060;

Locations: Evening Star Mine.

The Evening Star Mine as seen from Kessler Springs (Cima) Road.

The Evening Star Mine as seen from Kessler Springs Road.

Other articles:
• Valley View Ranch Road: at Kessler Sprs Rd;

Junction: Valley View Ranch Road

Literature Cited:
- Nystrom, Eric Charles, 2003.
- Vanderpool, Tim, 2006.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004; 27-May-08; 20090601030; May 27, 2012;

Cross beside Kessler Springs Road on Cima Dome.

The Cross-In-A-Box in May, 2008

The Cross-In-A-Box on June 1, 2009

Sunrise Rock, sans Cross, June 2012

The Cross on Kessler Springs Road -- Covered this time.

Driving by "The Cross" on Kessler Springs Road, I noticed that a box has been placed over it.

When I later drove by, Sunday, May 22, 2004, the box had been removed.

Meanwhile, on June 8, 2004, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that the cross likely violated the establishment clause. Attempts to transfer the property to private owners have not rendered the case moot because it may take several years to complete the property transfer.

Other articles:
• Blackbrush: on Cima Dome;
Blackbrush in pass between Cima Dome and Kessler Peak

Blackbrush along side road, in small pass between Cima Dome and Kessler Peak.

Locations: Ivanpah Mountains.
Ivanpah Mountains.

The western end of the Ivanpah Mountains as seen from Kessler Springs Road.

Literature Cited:
- Vasek, F. C., and M. G. Barbour, 1988.

Cima Dome

Vasek and Rowlands (not published) measured vegetational characteristics of a Joshua tree woodland north of Cima as reported in Vasek and Barbour (1988). A summary of their work is available in my page, "Summaries of Literature."

Other articles:
• Kessler Peak Road: 70000;

Junction: Kessler Peak Road.

Other articles:
• Power Line Road: Cima Road;

Junction: Power Line Road

Literature Cited:
- Thompson, David G., 1921.

Other articles:
• Kelso Cima Road: at Cima;
• Morning Star Mine Road: at Cima;
• Routes to Water: Contents; at Cima; at Cima;

Locations: Cima.

Cima

Junctions:

Kelso Cima Road, southwest to Kelso.
Morningstar Mine Road, northeast in the direction of Ivanpah and Nipton.

There are also several routes from Thompson (1921), Routes to Desert Watering Places in the Mohave Desert Region, that begin or end at Cima:

Silver Lake -- Nipton -- Cima
Fenner -- Cima, by way of Cedar Canyon and Black Canyon.
Cima to Kelso and Marl Spring
Cima -- Ivanpah -- Nipton
Lanfair -- Cima, by way of Cedar Canyon and Rock Springs

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Date and time this article was prepared: 7/13/2024 8:02:20 AM