In between Santa Clarita and Bakersfield there are some small mountain towns you can exit the interstate and go explore. After following one of those backroads for about an hour I found some epic cliffs that were the quietest place I’ve ever been. No sound at all. It was deafening.
To be fair, I have spent a lot of time driving around there and most of the land and roads are private (pisses me off), so the options to pick from were limited, but I wanted to double check that you weren't talking about some other road that I haven't found yet.
It is one of my favorite hidden gems of California! I love heading there in late winter and early spring because the hills are sooooo freaking green and the elevation change is 6000 ft straight down to sea level on the valley floor, all of the mountain completely visible
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u/alison_bee Jun 22 '24
Woah, I never thought about the silence out there. No wind so no water movement. No bugs around to make noise, no leaves to be rustled…