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Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight (1931–2014) in the California Desert area of Imperial County, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland, near the Slab City squatter/art commune, [1] and several miles from the Salton Sea. The artwork is made of adobe bricks, discarded tires and ...
Slab City is located on roughly 640 acres (260 hectares) of public land, [9] near the east shore of the Salton Sea.It is 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, 169 mi (272 km) southeast of Los Angeles and about 50 mi (80 km) from Mexico. [10]
The name appeared as "Zzyzx Springs" in Dmitri Borgmann's 1967 book Beyond Language.In 1977, Borgman noted his source as being "an old, undated map of San Bernardino County published by the Automobile Club of Southern California" and repeated his description of the settlement as being "a hydrologic feature and privately owned spa in San Bernardino County, California, about 8.5 miles south of ...
Black Bear Ranch. / 41.24184; -123.17721. Black Bear Ranch is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California, about 25 miles from Forks of Salmon. It was founded in 1968, [ 1] with the watchword "free land for free people". It has been considered by some participants and commentators to be one of the more radical ...
The area includes 10,834-foot (3,302 m) high San Jacinto Peak, [15] Southern California's second highest mountain, after Mount San Gorgonio. Idyllwild lies mostly within a high mountain valley bisected by a small year-round stream, Strawberry Creek. Pine Cove occupies a ridgetop location nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Idyllwild.
Holy City, California. Coordinates: 37°09′25″N 121°58′44″W. "Holy City is For Sale". Holy City is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California. Once considered a Utopian community in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now considered a ghost town. [1] The town is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, off State Route 17 on Old ...
FIPS code. 06-78960. Topanga (Tongva: Topaa'nga) is an unincorporated community in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. [2] Located in the Santa Monica Mountains, the community exists in Topanga Canyon and the surrounding hills.
Kaliflower Commune. The Friends of Perfection Commune is an American Utopian community in San Francisco, California. [1] The commune was founded in 1967 on principles of a common treasury, group marriage, free anonymous art, gay liberation, and selfless service. [1][2][3][4] They were originally called the Sutter/Scott Street commune, and ...