Cadiz Dunes Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Mojave Trails National Monument in San Bernardino County, California. Established in 1994 by the U.S. Congress, the area is managed by the

Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...

. This wilderness area is north of Joshua Tree National Park,

Sheephole Valley Wilderness The Sheep Hole Mountains are a mountain range in the Mojave Desert, to the north of Joshua Tree National Park, in San Bernardino County, California. The mountains were once Chemehuevi hunting grounds. The mountain range lies between the Bullion ...

lies to the west, Old Woman Mountains Wilderness to the east. The dunes of Cadiz Dunes were formed by blowing sands from the Cadiz

dry lake A dry lake bed, also known as a playa, is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceeds recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline c ...

, all located in the Cadiz Valley between the

Calumet Mountains The Calumet Mountains are a mountain range in San Bernardino County, California. They are north of Joshua Tree National Park and adjacent to the Sheep Hole Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The highest point is . Sheephole Valley Wilderness Area ...

and the

Old Woman Mountains The Old Woman Mountains are located south of the town of Essex, California, and north of Danby Dry Lake. The range reaches an elevation of at the west end (Old Woman Mountain), and lies in San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert. Geography Th ...

. The ecology is typical of the Mojave Desert with wildlife that includes

coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

, black-tailed jackrabbits,

ground squirrels Ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (Sciuridae), which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees. The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known ...

, kangaroo rats, quail,

roadrunners The roadrunners (genus ''Geococcyx''), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern and south-central United States and Mexico, us ...

, and rattlesnakes. The area is known for a brilliant display of springtime desert wildflowers including the Borrego milkvetch.Cadiz Dunes Wilderness
- Wilderness Connect

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Cadiz Dunes
- SummitPost.org IUCN Category Ib Wilderness areas of California Protected areas of San Bernardino County, California Protected areas established in 1994 1994 establishments in California

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