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The 25,500-acre Pioneertown Mountains Preserve is one of fifteen preserves in California's largest nonprofit nature preserve system, owned and stewarded by The Wildlands Conservancy, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. The 25,500-acre Pioneertown Mountains Preserve is one of twenty one preserves in California's largest nonprofit nature preserve system, owned and stewarded by The Wildlands Conservancy, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.

12/07/2025

Spend your Sunday morning caring for Mission Creek Preserve 🌞✨
On December 14, we’re hosting a Tamarisk Removal Volunteer Day to help our native habitats thrive. If you’ve been wanting to get involved, this is a great opportunity.

Sign up in our bio or at the link below!
Linktree: linktr.ee/whitewaterpreserve

01/07/2025

Our astrophotography workshop is tailored for participants aged 18 and above. Attendees must bring their own camera equipment and should have a basic understanding of their gear. This workshop is perfect for those who are genuinely passionate about astrophotography and eager to improve their skills and knowledge.
Scheduled for Saturday, January 25, 2025, this workshop will take place at Pioneertown Mountain Preserve. For further details, please reach out to us at 909-790-3698.
Registration is REQUIRED and space is limited. Please click the link in our bio to register on Eventbrite.

Date: January 25, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Pioneertown Mountain Preserve
51010 Pipes Canyon Road
Pioneertown, CA 92268

04/14/2021

We were lucky to come across a desert tortoise this morning at Mission Creek! As things are heating up you can expect to see a lot more wildlife when you’re visiting. Keep your eyes and ears open, give wildlife space and respect, and enjoy the moment!

03/21/2021

If you’ve never hiked our 6.5 mile Indian Loop or you haven’t experienced the newly re-routed Chaparrosa Peak Trail portion of the loop, consider making them your next adventure! Each of the three sections of the loop feature a diverse and unique experience and landscape. From wetlands to volcanic rock, from petroglyphs to the ruins of a miners cabin. You’ll be hard pressed to find a hike as beautiful as the Indian Loop in Pioneertown!

Visit the Pioneertown Mountain Preserve website in our bio for more information.

02/26/2021

Our Mission Creek Preserve is home to a wide variety of wildlife! Coyotes live in family groups but most often travel alone or in pairs and are typically most active at dusk and dawn. If you see a wild animal keep your distance and show them respect. Remember, we are are the visitors in their habitat.

02/22/2021

Always a beautiful day in Pipes Canyon

02/19/2021

Welcome to the official Instagram of Pioneertown Mountains Preserve! It all started here as first preserve in 1995! We are excited to have the opportunity to share a closer look at PMP and to help facilitate a better understanding and respect for nature, conservation and the outdoors! Stay tuned for more updates and behind the scenes looks from Pioneertown Mountains Preserve!

01/24/2021

It was a beautiful snowy morning here at our Ranger Station in Pioneertown!

06/27/2020

This grumpy little guy is a Blainville’s Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii). Horned lizards’ diet consists primarily of ants, spiders, beetles and grasshoppers. Horned Lizards can often be seen basking on rocks in the mornings but will seek shade during the heat of the day. Remember to keep your dogs on a leash while out on trail as dogs and cats often like to chase/kill horned lizards and other reptiles.

Address

51010 B Pipes Canyon Road
Pioneertown, CA
92268

Telephone

(760) 369-7105

Website

https://wildlandsconservancy.org/preserves/pioneertownmountains

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This 25,500-acre Pioneertown Mountains Preserve is one of sixteen preserves in California's largest nonprofit nature preserve system, owned and stewarded by The Wildlands Conservancy, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation.

The Indian Loop Trail

This moderate 6.5 mile Loop is split into three sections.

Pipes Canyon Trail departs from the two track road behind the Ranger Station. It winds up the sandy wash for two miles through riparian willow forests crossing the riverbed. Hikers pass the “Olsen Ruins”, a stone homestead constructed in the early 1940’s. This relatively flat and easy section provides a family friendly, out and back hike. Be advised, the trail experienced a major flood event on 9/9/2017 which covered much of the trail in hard packed mud. Trail posts and wooden stakes have been placed to help navigate up canyon, as well as a new reroute and corridor cut through the brush.