Roadside oddity
Slab City
Niland, California
Off-grid desert community built on the concrete slabs of a World War II Marine training camp.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Slab City took its name from the slabs left after Camp Dunlap was dismantled, and is now an off-the-grid winter community of snowbirds and people who want to live outside the mainstream. Visitors can drive through carefully and see the art and open-air venues.
Good to know
- Respect residents' privacy and ask before photographing people
- No services; bring water and fuel
- Summer heat is severe
- Best time
- Winter
- Open
- Busiest winter
- Getting there
- Sandy dirt roads
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
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