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Welcome to Salvation Mountain. Please make sure you follow the yellow brick road as you walk through this man-made masterpiece. ------------- Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight in the California Desert . As his tribute to God and his message to the world that "God is Love". ❤🙏
Welcome to Salvation Mountain. Please make sure you follow the yellow brick road as you walk through this man-made masterpiece. ------------- Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight in the California Desert . As his tribute to God and his message to the world that "God is Love". ❤🙏
this is the vast yuha desert near calexico, ca.
Located in the southeast corner of California, the Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in the state. Formed by windblown sands of ancient Lake Cahuilla, the dune system extends for more than 40 miles in a band averaging 5 miles wide. Widely known as "Glamis" and a favorite location for off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, the dunes also offer fabulous scenery, opportunities for solitude, and a home to rare plants and animals.
Istel is the founder of Felicity and the town’s longtime mayor, having been elected, almost 30 years ago, to an apparent lifetime term. The vote was unanimous: Istel voted for himself and so did Felicity’s other resident, Istel’s wife, Felicia. The town, established in 1986, consists of the Istels’ home and a half-dozen other buildings that the couple built on 2,600 acres in the middle of the desert near Yuma, Ariz., just off Interstate 8. At the north end, up an imposing staircase, sits the Church on the Hill at Felicity — inspired by a little white chapel in Brittany — that Istel built in 2007. The church is gorgeous and serene and looks eerily out of place, though less out of place than the 21-foot-tall stone-and-glass pyramid on the opposite end of town. The pyramid is there to mark the exact center of the world.

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Westmorland City Park - If you're into digging around the garden, this attraction will satisfy your inner green thumb.

Things to Do in Imperial County with Kids

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Popular day trips from Imperial County

El Centro

El Centro

TV towers atop Cerro de la CampanaHill - Hill of the Bell in Hermosillo in Mexico

Mexicali

Panoramic view of the Imperial Sand Dunes in the Sonoran Desert of California, USA, featuring tire tracks from dune buggying

Imperial

Desert sunset at Arizona and California border near city of Blythe

Blythe

#Culture Galleta Meadows has over 130 incredibly detailed metal sculptures by artist Ricardo Breceda scattered around the beautiful desert town of Borrego Springs, CA for explorers to visit day and night.

Borrego Springs

El Centro, California, USA - May 27, 2022: Afternoon sunlight shines on the urban downtown core of El Centro.

Calexico

Drone panorama over Ivanpah solar thermal power plant in California during daytime sunshine

Thermal

Crop view of woman walking barefoot on sand dune, Algodones Dunes, Brawley, USA

Brawley

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What can you do in Imperial County for free?
You'll barely have time to pull your wallet out of your backpack with so many free attractions:

  • Salvation Mountain
  • Calexico Community Center
  • Imperial Valley Mall
  • Imperial City Hall

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