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http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/surprise/valley.html states:


This 93-mile driving loop begins and ends in Cedarville, a small community on the east side of the Warner Mountains, about 23 miles east of Alturas.
"From prehistoric stories to revisiting the Old West, this Back Country Byway Loop reveals some of the secrets of the Great Basin Desert."
A self-guiding tour booklet, available at the BLM office in Cedarville, guides visitors through historic and scenic communities including Lake City and Fort Bidwell,
then into the Great Basin. Stops illustrate the homesteading history of the region, and the geologic forces that helped shape this part of the world. 
The byway is closed during winter and spring because of heavy snowfall and mud.


[[BLM Surprise Field Office]]
"This distinctive 93-mile driving tour takes the traveler through a wide variety of natural settings and points of interest. The Byway forms a loop that begins and ends in [[Cedarville]], California and takes a minimum of three hours without stops. But travelers will be tempted to stop, particularly if they are using the 32-page BLM Byway Tour Guide which tells the historic and prehistoric stories of the [[Surprise Valley]], points out the myriad of attractions in the state line mountains (from fossils and a pictograph site to wildlife) and reveals some of the secrets here in the silent Great Basin dessert. Be sure to take your camera, especially if you're crossing the highway causeway across Surprise Valley's Middle Lake at sunset."
 
"All of the Byway is paved in California and an improved gravel road in Nevada. The Nevada segment can be driven by all types of vehicles when the route is dry.  Please stop by the Surprise Field Office in Cedarville for current road conditions."
 
"For further information contact the Bureau of Land Management's Surprise Field Office in Cedarville at (530) 279-6101."

Latest revision as of 21:58, 18 May 2013

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/surprise/valley.html states:

"From prehistoric stories to revisiting the Old West, this Back Country Byway Loop reveals some of the secrets of the Great Basin Desert."

"This distinctive 93-mile driving tour takes the traveler through a wide variety of natural settings and points of interest. The Byway forms a loop that begins and ends in Cedarville, California and takes a minimum of three hours without stops. But travelers will be tempted to stop, particularly if they are using the 32-page BLM Byway Tour Guide which tells the historic and prehistoric stories of the Surprise Valley, points out the myriad of attractions in the state line mountains (from fossils and a pictograph site to wildlife) and reveals some of the secrets here in the silent Great Basin dessert. Be sure to take your camera, especially if you're crossing the highway causeway across Surprise Valley's Middle Lake at sunset."

"All of the Byway is paved in California and an improved gravel road in Nevada. The Nevada segment can be driven by all types of vehicles when the route is dry. Please stop by the Surprise Field Office in Cedarville for current road conditions."

"For further information contact the Bureau of Land Management's Surprise Field Office in Cedarville at (530) 279-6101."