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Directions
from Los Angeles Precise directions to Glamis from the Los Angeles and Orange County Metropolitan Areas 10 FWY PAST PALM SPRINGS AND PAST INDIO (if you don't know how to get to Palm Springs area from LA/Orange county maybe you shouldn't go out on the dunes) JUST PAST INDIO, THE OFF RAMPS ARE NAMED AFTER DECEASED PRESIDENTS. JUST PAST JACKSON THERE IS THE 86S EXPRESSWAY CUTOFF TO BRAWLEY/ EL CENTRO - LATER SIGNS SAY MECCA AND COACHELLA. EVENTUALLY IT BE COMES HWY. 86. FOLLOW THIS FOR THE NEXT 1.5 HOURS PAST SALTON SEA. YOU CAN SEE THE SALTON SEA ON YOUR LEFT AFTER A WHILE). HWY. 78 JOINS HWY. 86 JUST PAST SALTON CITY - DON’T BLINK OR YOU’LL MISS SALTON CITY - THE HWY. NUMBERS (78 & 86) RUN CONCURRENT FROM HERE TO BRAWLEY CONTINUE PAST WESTMORELAND (4-WAY STOP SIGN); PAST BRAWLEY (8 SIGNALS) - GET FUEL AND GROCERIES HERE - LAST CHANCE. DO NOT CONTINUE ON 86 OUT OF BRAWLEY - STAY ON THE STREET YOU CAME INTO TOWN ON AND FOLLOW IT OUT OF TOWN (HWY. 78). EVENTUALLY, HWY. 115 JOINS 78 AND BOTH RUN CONCURRENT. AS HWY. 115/78 MAKES A BIG SWEEPING TURN (90°) TO THE RIGHT, HWY. 78 MAKES A REVERSE BANK TURN TO THE LEFT. TAKE THIS VERY SLOW - THERE IS A SIGN HERE SAYING GLAMIS AND PALO VERDE TO THE LEFT AND HWY. 8 TO THE RIGHT. MAKE THE TURN TOWARD THE CATTLE YARD (LEFT) GOING OVER THE OLD RAILROAD THAT HAS HAD A SECTION REMOVED THAT CROSSES THE HIGHWAY. DO NOT HEAD TOWARD HWY. 8 UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO TO THE GORDON'S WELL /BUTTERCUP AREA. CATTLE YARDS ARE ON LEFT AFTER TURN IS MADE. YOU’RE ON THE HOME STRETCH NOW. ABOUT 19 MILES TO GO. CONTINUE 78 TO THE DUNES, YOU’LL SEE THEM LONG BEFORE YOU GET THERE IF IT IS LIGHT. YOU NEED TO TURN RIGHT ON GECKO ROAD, IT IS WELL MARKED. IT IS JUST AS YOU START TO MAKE THE MAJOR CLIMB OVER THE DUNES. GO PAST THE RANGER STATION ON THE RIGHT. THERE IS A PHONE JUST PAST THE STATION ON THE RIGHT IF YOU NEED IT. THERE ARE VARIOUS PADS AND CAMPGROUNDS YOU WILL PASS – GECKO IS THE LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN – THERE IS A SIGN ON THE LEFT MARKING IT. ROADRUNNER IS DEEPEST INTO THE DUNES AND THE FARTHEST FROM THE STORE. IF YOU WANT TO CAMP THERE, STAY ON THE MAIN ROAD FOR ALMOST EXACTLY 5 MILES - ALL THE WAY TO THE END AT THE END YOU WILL ENTER ROADRUNNER CAMPGROUND
- YOU’LL SEE THE SIGN. BEAR TO THE RIGHT – IT IS A ONE-WAY
ROAD AROUND THE CAMPGROUND. YOU CAN CONTINUE PAST GECKO ROAD AND GO ANOTHER FEW MILES TO GLAMIS FLATS OR THE STORE - BOTH ARE RIGHT TURNS TO ACCESS THE DUNES. THE ROAD JUST AFTER THE STORE AND JUST BEFORE THE RAILROAD TRACKS WILL TAKE YOU DOWN ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 8 ABOUT 16 MILES - THERE ARE NUMEROUS SPOTS ON YOUR RIGHT TO CAMP. THIS IS ALSO CALLED THE WAS ROAD.
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