Things to do in Palmdale
Antelope Valley Indian Museum
Tthe Antelope Valley Indian Museum is a unique and eclectic folk art structure located in northeastern Los Angeles County. The museum houses objects created by the American Indian cultures of the western Great Basin, California, and the Southwest. The museum illustrates nearly seventy years of change/evolution in the way American Indian cultural materials are exhibited and interpreted in museums. Call 661-942-0662 for more information.
Avenue M between East 150th & 170th streets, Palmdale, CA
Antelope Valley Poppy State Reserve
Although the wildflower season generally lasts from mid-March through mid-May, the park is open year-round from sunrise to sunset. Eight miles of trails through the quiet, rolling hills make the park a wonderful place to hike and explore any season. Shaded picnic tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with an interpretive display and a serene view over the valley to the San Gabriel Mountains. Call 661-724-1180 for more information.
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park
Added to the State Parks in 1988, Ripley Desert Woodland is located a few miles west of the Poppy Reserve on Lancaster Road at 210th Street West. Donated to the State by Arthur "Archie" Ripley, the park protects and preserves an impressive stand of native Joshuas and junipers which once grew in great abundance throughout the valley. Today, only remnant parcels of this majestic woodland community remain in the valley, the rest having been cleared for farming and housing. Call 661-942-0662 for more information.
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Red Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converge with The El Paso Range. Each tributary canyon is unique, with dramatic shapes and vivid colors. Call 661-942-0662 for more information.
Saddleback Butte State Park
Saddleback Butte, elevation 3,651 feet, is a granite mountaintop that stands some thousand feet above the broad alluvial bottom land of the Antelope Valley about twenty miles east of Lancaster, on the western edge of the Mojave Desert. The state park surrounding Saddleback Butte was created in 1960 to protect the butte (one of many similar land features in the Antelope Valley) and examples of native Joshua Tree woodlands and other plants and animals that were once common throughout this high desert area. The best time to visit is in the springtime (February through May) when wildflowers are apt to put on a beautiful display of color. Call 661-727-9899 for more information.
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