Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness is a protected desert landscape in California’s eastern Mojave Desert, within Mojave Trails National Monument. Covering about 14,645 acres at the north end of the Sacramento Mountains, it rises from around 1,400 feet to Bannock Peak at 3,314 feet. Although creosote bush scrub dominates much of the vegetation, the area is especially notable for its exceptional stands of Bigelow cholla, the densest concentration in any of California’s deserts. It also supports characteristic Mojave wildlife, including coyote, black-tailed jackrabbit, roadrunner, rattlesnakes, and lizards, while providing habitat for migrating desert bighorn sheep and critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise.