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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Calipatria

7 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Calipatria, California

Updated December 19, 2018
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Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Entrance to East Jesus

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Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Obsidian butte.

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Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
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The Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field.

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Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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Carcass Beach

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.
A beach on the Salton Sea.

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Salton Sea Duck Blinds

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.
Calipatria Flagpole

Calipatria, California

Calipatria Flagpole

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."
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