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Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch near Victorville, CA
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Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

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In Oro Grande, CA, near Victorville, Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch fills two acres with a forest of bottle trees that Elmer Long began building in 2000. There are now more than 200 of them, and the ranch has become a well-liked pause for people driving this desert stretch of Route 66. It makes a colorful, easy break between the small towns of the Mojave Desert.

What is Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch?

This is a two-acre ranch given over to bottle trees, over 200 in all. It is the work of one man, Elmer Long, who started it in 2000.

Visiting Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch: tips

Plan on a short stop to walk among the trees and take photos. The nearest food on record is Molly Brown's Country Cafe, about a mile away. Silver Mountain is about 4.9 miles away and Lane's Crossing, a ghost town, about 8 miles.

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24266 National Trails Highway, Oro Grande, CA 92368
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Silver Mountain

Victorville, California · 4.3 mi from Route 66

A 4,170-foot summit east of La Delta, between Victorville and Apple Valley.

Nature & parks

4.9 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

Lane's Crossing

Lane's Crossing, California · 0.2 mi from Route 66

A pioneer river ford and traveler's stop on the Mormon Road near Victorville.

Ghost town

8.0 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

Bell Mountain

Apple Valley, California · 5.4 mi from Route 66

A bell-shaped desert peak north of Apple Valley, capped by ancient volcanic rock.

Nature & parks

10.2 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, CA

California Route 66 Museum

Victorville, California · on Route 66

Victorville's Route 66 museum, set in the old Red Rooster Cafe right on D Street in Old Town.

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10.9 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

New Corral Motel in Victorville, CA

New Corral Motel

Victorville, California · 0.1 mi from Route 66

A mid-century motor court on Victorville's old Route 66, with a rearing horse atop its neon sign.

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12.1 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

Apple Valley Inn

Apple Valley, California · 4.5 mi from Route 66

A 1948 desert resort built to sell land, once a hideaway for Hollywood stars.

Historic hotel

13.6 mi from Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch

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