the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies with the unaided eye, and the central Milky Way shows complex structure from this site. While the southern sky suffers from light pollution from nearby towns, dark sky conditions in the park are nonetheless exceptional relative to nearby urban areas. Gallery See also List of California state parks Additional sources Campbell Grant, James W. Baird and J. Kenneth Pringle. 1968. Rock drawings of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California: an ancient sheep-hunting cult pictured in desert rock carvings, second edition, Maturango Press, 145 pages Alan P. Garfinkel. 2004. Dating "Classic" Coso Style Sheep Petroglyphs in the Coso Range and El Paso Mountains: Implications for Regional Prehistory, v.2/15/04 C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Morro Creek, ed. by A. Burnham California Department of Parks & Recreation Information from DesertUSA USGS Repeat Photography for the Mojave Desert Red Rock Canyon State Park (California) References External links California Parks.gov: official Red Rock Canyon State Park website State parks of California Canyons and gorges of California Landforms of Kern County, California Parks in Kern County, California Rock formations of California Protected areas of the Mojave Desert Protected areas established in 1968 1968 establishments in California