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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! | ![Bureau of Land Management logo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.88d1de1e.Image.70.64.gif) ![The Nature Conservancy logo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.71ddad5a.Image.102.78.gif) ![Department of California Fish & Game logo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.da03cb59.Image.50.72.gif)
Painted Rock is closed until July 15, 2009 |
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Desert Candle in the Temblor Range ![Soda Lake view to southeast. Photo: BLM staff.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.45db9bd3.Image.144.87.jpg)
Soda Lake, view to southeast ![Caliente Range view to northeast. Photo: BLM staff.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.06610958.Image.144.95.jpg)
Caliente Range, view to northeast ![Three Kit fox pups. Photo provided by California State Parks.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.c6c08aa2.Image.150.102.jpg)
Three kit fox pups. ![Aerial photo of a portion of the San Andreas Fault running through the Carrizo Plain. Photo BLM stock.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.ebf70fa3.Image.144.151.jpg) Aerial photo of the trace of the San Andreas Fault. | | ![Carrizo Plain National Monument logo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090830061400im_/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib//blm/ca/images/images/bakersfield_images.Par.41445172.Image.144.144.gif)
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