Cottonwood Road at Lake Mohave

Desert pyramids, lake views and moonlike mountains await you in Arizona yes, you read correctly.  Seems unrealistic yes and the views will take your breath away as you meander along on your BMW GS. Your adventure starts just north of the famous Route 66 town of Kingman, make a left off of Route 93 and you’ll be on Cottonwood Road.

The road starts off quite innocently enough, nice and straight through a desert landscape and then when you reach the peak it  switchbacks down a steep slope venturing through the Black Mountains.  As you reach the peak there will be a trail that brings you to some stunning overlooks, the narrow road climbs higher and higher into the sky until it reaches the top, you’ll feel as if you could touch the clouds.

The views give way to black rock peaks rising from the Earth protecting the pastel hued canyons that they surround.   Upon returning back the trail and down towards Lake Mohave you’ll be back in the dry desert terrain, which makes the next vision even more surreal. The dry, arid desolate composition of the land that you just left will give way to a rocky sand beach and the glorious lake.

You are transported to an island paradise surrounded by sand pyramids and lapping water, a perfect place to stretch out and enjoy your lunch and to marvel in the beauty and oddity which lies before you.