Desert Discovery Center
- Museum
- In Barstow, California
- 0.6 mi from Route 66
The Desert Discovery Center in Barstow, CA, is a community education center about life in the Mojave Desert, with Bureau of Land Management staff. It holds the Old Woman Meteorite, which ranks second in size among meteorites found in the country. The center, once called the California Desert Information Center, is run as a partnership of public agencies, local schools and a desert nonprofit.
What is Desert Discovery Center?
The center teaches visitors and local residents about the desert around them. Its partners include the National Park Service, the Barstow school district and community college, the city, the Mojave River Valley Museum and a nonprofit devoted to the Mojave Desert.
Visiting Desert Discovery Center: tips
Plan on about an hour. The Mojave River Valley Museum is about 0.2 mile away, the Barstow Harvey House about 1 mile and the Western America Railroad Museum about 1.1 miles. Fuel and food are about 0.2 mile away.
Practical info
- Website
- desertdc.com
- Hours
- We have no opening hours for this stop yet — check the official site.
- On site & nearby
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