Travelers along Interstate 40 are being made aware of the temporary closure of the John Wilkie Safety Roadside Rest Area in the Mojave Desert. Caltrans crews continue the rehabilitation project at ...

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.

To stop. This is the Mojave National Preserve — 1.6 million acres of desert made strange and sacred by lava flows, fossil beds, abandoned mines, creosote, Joshua trees.

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.

To stop. This is the Mojave National Preserve — 1.6 million acres of desert made strange and sacred by lava flows, fossil beds, abandoned mines, creosote, Joshua trees.

The Virgin Mountains run across Nevada, Utah and Arizona in the Mojave Desert. A map shows where the man called 911 and where he was found in the Virgin Mountains in Arizona.