On Saturday (Sept. 24), dozens of local volunteers descended on Giant Rock in Landers to help clean the popular landmark in honor of National Public Lands Day. Armed with industrial trash bags and gloves, over fifty local volunteers met at…
This Saturday September 24th, Positional Projects are organizing a clean-up at Giant Rock that will include a history talk and exhibit opening. In massive collaboration with Bighorn Desert View Water Agency, Blightsights, High Desert Keepers,…
Copper Mountain College’s student-run literary magazine launches their 2022 edition with a series of live events across the high desert. Reporter Jef Harmatz has a rundown of the schedule. HOWL is an annual magazine featuring and edited by…
Copper Mountain College’s student-run literary magazine launches their 2022 edition with a series of live events across the high desert. Reporter Jef Harmatz has a rundown of the schedule. HOWL is an annual magazine featuring and edited by…
“Stories and stewardship,” is the name given to a major clean up effort set for this Saturday, September 25 at the iconic Giant Rock in Landers. It’s all part of National Public Lands Day. Reporter Mike Lipsitz is here with the details… …
The Hi-Desert Nature Museum will hand out free discovery kit for kids tomorrow (September 4). These special edition Discovery Kits will introduce children to some of the stories surrounding Giant Rock, a natural wonder in Landers. Each story is…
The Hi-Desert Nature museum will hose a free Zoom lecture tomorrow (August 24) on the fascinating story of George Van Tassel, Giant Rock ,and the Integratron. Reporter Cassidy Taylor beams us up… Former aerospace man George Van Tassel claimed…
The Hi-Desert Nature Museum has announced its latest digital exhibit. Reporter Ernest Figueroa has the details on this tribute to Giant Rock… “Our Giant Rock: A Touchstone in the Mojave” is the latest Digital Exhibit at the Hi-Desert Nature…
The Hi-Desert Nature Museum has announced its latest digital exhibit. Reporter Ernest Figueroa has the details on this tribute to Giant Rock… “Our Giant Rock: A Touchstone in the Mojave” is the latest Digital Exhibit at the Hi-Desert Nature…
It has been a sacred gathering point for Native American tribes, hideout for a suspected Nazi spy in World War II, site of a remote airfield replete with cafe, and present-day lover’s lane. Storied Giant Rock in Landers is the subject of…
A 29-year-old man was injured when he crashed his dirt bike in the desert near Giant Rock in Landers Saturday afternoon. About 2:30 p.m., the unidentified man crashed his bike near Giant Rock Road and Mikiska Boulevard. Morongo Basin Ambulance…
The exhibit on Giant Rock, as well as the opening reception and lecture on Giant Rock, set for Saturday, November 9, at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley, has been cancelled. The museum states that due to circumstances beyond its…
UPDATE November 7, 2019, 9 a.m. The exhibit, opening reception, and lecture on Giant Rock, set for Saturday, November 9, at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley, has been cancelled. The museum states that due to circumstances beyond…
Last week, Z107.7 News reported on recent desecration and wide-spread graffiti at Landers’ iconic Giant Rock. The story generated community outrage and a written confession from the perpetrator who calls himself “The Classy Vandal.” Reporter…
Giant Rock sits on the edge of a long-abandoned small aircraft runway in an otherwise undeveloped desert valley at the north end of Landers. Said to be as tall as a seven-story building, the natural wonder has been a gathering point for Native…
The Morongo Basin Historical Society will continue its 2nd Wednesday Lecture Series on January 9 with a presentation about the folklore and legend of “Giant Rock” in Landers. History interpreter Barbara Harris has researched the 7 story, 25,000…
Listen to this story here: Janet Kodish: “You got to have a hardware store!…
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