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Apple Valley

CA · 34.5008, -117.1858

From Apple Valley, California, Byway's registries place 3 public land units and 65 campgrounds within 30 miles.

Despite the name, there are no apple orchards in the city. Prior to World War II, the city was known for growing award winning apples. The local apple crops were decimated by three devastating years of fungal infection and extreme weather in the mid 1940s. The Postal Service approved the name "Apple Valley" for the local post office in 1949, after destruction of most of the local orchards and the end of the commercial apple industry in the area.
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Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

Loop 1 · 8 h window · 223 mi

7 h 46 loop · 7 stops · back by 4:45 PM. Incorporates Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110.

  1. Baldy Mesa · 15 min
  2. Route 66 · 10 min
  3. Hawaiian Gardens Veterans Memorial · 30 min
  4. Bunnyhenge · 30 min
  5. Mormon Battalion Mountain · 15 min
  6. Tokay Hill · 15 min
  7. Cajon Mountain Lookout · 15 min

Touches Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

A day out of Apple Valley, planned on real roads

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