Welcome to
Oro Grande
Oro Grande is a tiny Route 66 town with one of the most photographed roadside attractions on the entire Mother Road — Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch, an outdoor sculpture forest of glass-bottle 'trees' that catch the desert sun.
The town's mining history dates to 1879, and the few Route 66-era businesses that remain along the highway have a distinctly Mojave-quirky charm. Cross-Eyed Cow Pizza and Iron Hog Saloon are the local stops.
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Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch
Outdoor folk-art forest of 200+ welded bottle trees on the National Trails Highway
Oro Grande Historic Route 66 Alignment
The surviving stretch of National Trails Highway through a near-ghost Mojave town
Oro Grande Historic District & Cement Plant
Tiny Route 66 desert town built around the Riverside Cement plant — historic 1880s mining roots, ghost-town character, and Mother Road heritage
Mojave Narrows Regional Park
Rare High Desert oasis park with lakes, fishing, camping, and cottonwood-lined Mojave River trails — surprising green escape near Route 66 in Victorville
Tips for Visiting Oro Grande
Bottle Tree Ranch is free, open daylight hours — leave a donation in the can.
Cross-Eyed Cow Pizza closes early; Iron Hog Saloon is the late-night Route 66 stop.
Oro Grande to Victorville is the bridge over the Mojave Narrows — beautiful at sunset.