{"id":356,"date":"2007-12-16T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T08:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tx.netius.net\/backroads\/trona-road\/"},"modified":"2007-12-16T08:36:32","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T08:36:32","slug":"trona-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/backroads\/trona-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Trona Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/GIFS\/scenery\/trona5.jpg\" alt=\"Trona Road\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>The North Mojave Desert is a sightseeing wonderland. These odd formations are inside the Trona Pinnacles, off of Hwy East of Ridgecrest CA.<\/p>\n<p>Trona Road is a red paved route that runs from Red Mountain @ Highway 395 east to the town of Trona, California, then thru Panamint Valley &amp; on to the western borders of Death Valley National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Spangler Hills OHV Area is a popular off -roaders camp &amp; a huge network of dirt roads can be found to the west of Trona Pinnacles. The access road to the bizarre dry lake is # miles long &amp; graded dirt w\/rocks. Passenger cars can handle it, but not recommended in rainy weather.<\/p>\n<p>Allegator painted rocks, old mining claims, dirt trails everywhere &amp; a chemical plant in Trona. Keep driving north to connect with Death Valley\u00a0 National Park. Wildrose Canyon, Panamint Valley &amp; Ballarat ghost town are worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Mojave Desert is a sightseeing wonderland. 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Trona Road is a red paved route that runs from Red Mountain @ Highway 395 east to the town of Trona, California, then thru Panamint Valley &amp; on to the western borders &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/backroads\/trona-road\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trona Road<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backroads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trona Road - Total Escape Outside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/backroads\/trona-road\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trona Road - Total Escape Outside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The North Mojave Desert is a sightseeing wonderland. 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