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Johnson Valley By The Numbers

• Elevations range from 4,600 feet at Hartwell Hills to 2,300 feet at Melville Dry Lake
• The 96,000-acre off–highway vehicle riding area has something for every rider at every skill level.
• About 53,000 acres of Johnson Valley is a shared-use area with the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

The Johnson Valley Shared Use Area in California will be closed to the public Aug. 1-30, while the U.S. Marine Corps conducts training to support a large-scale exercise.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said that more than 43,000 acres within the adjacent Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area will remain open to the public during August, and off-road enthusiasts can also enjoy the nearby Stoddard Valley OHV Open Area.

Both the Marine Corps and the BLM emphasized that motorized recreation use in the area surrounding the Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area is limited to signed, designated routes.

More information is available at www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff/G5-Government-and-External-Affairs/Johnson-Valley or from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Public Affairs Office at (760) 830-3737.