Gate house entrance to Slab City camp near Niland, Southern California USA. Squatted abandoned World War II Marine barracks.
Slab City is a camp in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California, used by squatters from across North America. It takes its name from the concrete slabs that remain from the abandoned World War II Marine barracks Camp Dunlap. Several thousand campers, use the site during the winter months. These . The temperatures during the summer are unforgiving; nonetheless, there is a group of around 150 permanent residents who live in the Slabs all year round. The site is both decommissioned and uncontrolled, and there is no charge for parking. The camp has no electricity, no running water or other services. Niland, California is located about three miles to the southwest of Slab City. Located just east of State Route 111, the entrance to Slab City is easily recognized by the colorful Salvation Mountain, a small hill approximately three stories high which is entirely covered in acrylic paint, concrete and adobe and festooned with Bible verses. It is an ongoing project of over two decades by permanent resident Leonard Knight.
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Location: Slab City, Niland, Southern California, USA.
Photo credit: © Frontline Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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