Spangler Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area

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The Spangler Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area (OHV) has over 57,000 acres of open public land. You can ride anywhere your skill and machine will take you. It provides a wide variety of riding opportunities including cross country play, trail riding, advanced technical routes, four wheel drive trails, and Enduro, Technique Trails, European Scramble and Hare and Hound competitive events. The area provides an uncrowded riding opportunity in the Western Mojave Desert three hours north of Los Angeles.

GETTING THERE:

From the south, use State Highway 395 to the town of Red Mountain and then take the Trona-Red Mountain Road 7 miles north to the boundary of the OHV area. Teagle Wash, a great place to unload and begin your riding, is another 2 miles north. From the City of Ridgecrest, take the Trona-Red Mountain Road from State Highway 178. Spangler can also be accessed from within the City of Ridgecrest by travelling south approximately 3 miles on College Heights Boulevard to the OHV area north boundary.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Services: Food and fuel are available in Ridgecrest. The nearest medical facilities are also located in Ridgecrest at the Ridgecrest Community Hospital, telephone 760-466-3551. BLM Rangers also frequently patrol the OHV Area to offer assistance and information.

Staging Areas: The most popular staging area is Teagle Wash, located east of the Trona-Red Mountain Road on BLM Route RM 143. This site provides a large area for camping, unloading, free play and staging competitive events. Two other staging areas are the Searles Station Area, located approximately 2 miles east of State Highway 395 via the Searles Station Cutoff Road and Wagon Wheel, located 5 miles south of State Highway 178 on the Trona-Red Mountain Road. Both of these sites are accessible by 2-wheel drive vehicles and offer excellent opportunities for unloading for a day of riding or primitive camping for a weekend.

RULES AND REGULATIONS (refer questions to the nearest Ranger):

Camping is allowed anywhere within the open area; limited to a 14 day stay.

Draining of holding tanks, littering and trash dumping is prohibited. Pack It In, Pack It Out!

Vehicles must have legal headlights and taillights if they are used at night.

Green Sticker OHV registration is mandatory for ALL vehicles which are not "street legal".

All commercial or competitive OHV use requires a permit.

Digging up or destroying trees and shrubs or harassing wildlife or livestock is prohibited.

The Spangler Hills are home to the Desert Tortoise. Collecting tortoise is prohibited. Please avoid handling or disturbing these desert creatures.

Bureau of Land Management, Barstow Field Office

2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, CA 92311

(760) 252-6000 / FAX(760) 252-6099

Tim Read, Field Manager

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