Salton Sea State Recreation Area
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Located on the northeastern side of the Salton Sea
, the Salton Sea State Recreation Area offers hunting, fishing, swimming, and camping to visitors.
Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Visitors Center is located in the north side of the park, at 33°30′16"N 115°54′53"W, on California State Route 111
. The Corvina Beach Campground, near the center of the park, is located at 33°28′27"N 115°53′20"W. h
The Recreation Area was one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
as part of a deficit reduction program, not enacted then. The Recreation Area continues to be open to the public.
section of the Sonoran Desert
, in the Lower Colorado River Valley
geographic region. The Salton Sea is a stop on a major flyway for migrating birds.
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in California's Imperial Valley. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Imperial and Riverside counties in Southern California. Like Death...
, the Salton Sea State Recreation Area offers hunting, fishing, swimming, and camping to visitors.
Recreation
The Salton Sea State Recreation Area is run by the CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Visitors Center is located in the north side of the park, at 33°30′16"N 115°54′53"W, on California State Route 111
California State Route 111
State Route 111 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. It is the main north/south state highway and retail corridor through the Coachella Valley, a part of the Colorado Desert in the southeastern corner of the state and famous as a resort destination...
. The Corvina Beach Campground, near the center of the park, is located at 33°28′27"N 115°53′20"W. h
The Recreation Area was one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
as part of a deficit reduction program, not enacted then. The Recreation Area continues to be open to the public.
Flora and fauna
The Salton Sea Recreation Area is in the Colorado DesertColorado Desert
California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert, which extends across southwest North America. The Colorado Desert region encompasses approximately , reaching from the Mexican border in the south to the higher-elevation Mojave Desert in the north and from the Colorado River in...
section of the Sonoran Desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
, in the Lower Colorado River Valley
Lower Colorado River Valley
The Lower Colorado River Valley is the river region of the lower Colorado River of the southwestern United States in North America that rises in the Rocky Mountains and has its outlet at the Colorado River Delta in the northern Sea of Cortez in northwestern Mexico, between the states of Baja...
geographic region. The Salton Sea is a stop on a major flyway for migrating birds.
- List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert)
- Plants of the Lower Colorado River Valley
- Bird Checklist for the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
- Mammal Checklists
- Amphibian and Reptile Checklists
- Fish Checklists