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Salton Sea State Recreation Area

Mecca

The Salton Sea is California's most surreal road trip stop: a shrinking salt lake where hundreds of migratory birds touch down on the Pacific Flyway, ringed by rusted trailers, art installations, and beaches made of fish bones. Haunting, beautiful, and unlike anywhere else.

Birding paradise
Pacific Flyway hotspot
Haunting desert landscape
Eerily quiet camping

Tips

🎬"It looks like Mad Max, apocalyptic!"
👃"Not as stinky as you think"

Salton Sea State Recreation Area

100225 State Park Rd, Mecca, CA 92254, USA