This grand sandy bowl and its grand sandy hills spreads out over 5,000 acres of public use land. Better yet, it serves as a hub to even more offroading trails.

These are dunes indeed, running low and rolling between steep volcanic rock on one side and the Amargorsa River on the other.

An 18-mile motor tour leads through one of Joshua Tree National Park's most fascinating landscapes.

Johnson Valley is another exciting desert landscape, and that landscape is everything from hill to dry lake to mountains.

This off-road vehicle area was designed for motorcycles, rather than the wider ATV-style vehicle. This is not a cross-country area either - there is a network of defined trails that you'll need to stick to.

This road travels along Smoke Tree Wash, then cuts down Pinkham Canyon.

Plaster City is all open and varied desert terrain, 41,000 acres of it, an exercise in exploration for the off-roader.

Rasor is pure desert off-roading and secluded to a degree that few off-roading areas are. You can take to these dunes and valleys and experience no sound at all save the wind and your own motor.

Desert dunes and trails jagged with rocks are what you can expect at Superstition Mountain, and surfaces range from sand to mud. You can roam over 13,000 acres of rough land.

Ride through Telephone Canyon to the ruins of Tucki Mine.