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Carrizo Plain National Monument
The Carrizo Plain, 100 airline miles (160 km) north of Los Angeles, California 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 mountains.The plain is home to diverse communities of wildlife and plant species, and is an area culturally important to Native Americans.It is traversed by the San Andreas fault, which has carved valleys, created and moved mountains, and yet close up, is seen in a subtle alignment of ridges, ravines and normally dry ponds. | Carrizo Plain National MonumentTable of Contents Presidential Proclamation Current Resource Management Planning Process Existing (1996) Management Plan Fact Sheet Questions and Answers Monument Advisory Committee Shaded Relief Map Visitor Resources Map Photo Gallery Wildflowers Film Permit Information pdf Volunteer Opportunities Other BLM Monuments Explore Self-Guided Tour - NEW! |   
The Carrizo Plain National Monument Visitor Center
Will be closed Dec 26, 2008
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Desert Candle in the Temblor Range 
Soda Lake, view to southeast 
Caliente Range, view to northeast 
Three kit fox pups.  Aerial photo of the trace of the San Andreas Fault. | | | 
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