11.   Palm Springs is the nearest big town, though Twentynine Palms is the logical hub, with lodges and restaurants just outside the park entrance.

12.   Sixty-three people were arrested at the park entrance that year on weapons charges.

13.   The body was left near a park entrance, in view of traveling motorists.

14.   The body was left near a park entrance, in view of motorists traveling along the road.

15.   The photographs and videotape frames released Thursday were taken shortly after midnight, either near the tower or near the park entrance.

16.   The snow coaches will pick up guests for the snow lodge at park entrances, or at Mammoth.

17.   The roads to the two eastern park entrances are the best.

18.   The visitor center or ranger stop at the park entrance is the place to pick up maps and information about the entire park and its hundreds of features.

19.   To get there, we drive several miles off the highway on a narrow blacktop to the park entrance and then follow a dirt road to an open area.

20.   Turn right at Escondido Canyon Road and right again at the signed park entrance.