One will encounter a number of sites and markers on the trek through the Mojave National Preserve.

One is the Mojave Cross. It is officially known as the White Cross World War I Memorial.

The cross stands on Sunrise Rock, a granite outcropping adjacent to Cima Road about 12 miles south of Interstate 15.

In a story that parallels the Mount Soledad Cross story in La Jolla, there was a decades long battle over the Mojave Cross.

In April 2012, a settlement was reached to allow the cross to remain at the Mojave Land Preserve via a land swap. Five acres of private land given to the federal government in exchange for the one acre of land surrounding Sunset Rock. Ownership of that site was transferred to the local Veterans of Foreign War post.

The site is fenced, with entrances for visitors. There are benches and picnic tables. And ample signage explaining that the cross is on private land and noting it is a memorial for war veterans