Things To Do

Ramey's Meats

If you love carne asada and pollo asada, you should definitely stop by. Been in business over 70 years and always a crowd favorite. Cash only so come prepared! Ramey’s Meats is a family owned butcher shop providing high quality meats at affordable prices. Ramey's is a full-service butcher shop carrying USDA Choice and Prime meats, featuring Brant Beef – The True Natural. Brandt Beef is corn fed for over 365 days without the use of antibiotics or hormones by injection, feed or water. Ramey's will custom cut your steaks to order and vacuum seal each steak to provide maximum freshness. Ramey's offers many other delicious cuts of meat as well. ​HOURS Monday-Friday 10am-5:30pm Saturday: 10am-3:00pm Sunday: CLOSED

Salvation Mountain

Leonard Knight's Salvation Mountain is a tribute to God and his gift to the world with its simple yet powerful message: "God Is Love." Leonard's passion has lovingly created this brilliant "outsider art " masterpiece resplendent with not only biblical and religious scripture such as the Lord's Prayer, John 3:16, and the Sinner's Prayer, but also including flowers, trees, waterfalls, suns, bluebirds, and many other fascinating and colorful objects. Salvation Mountain must be seen to be fully appreciated as those who have made the journey will attest. Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world. From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top, the reoccurring theme of "Love" is everywhere at Salvation Mountain.

Glamis Dunes

Desert View Tower

The Desert View Tower is located on Interstate 8, in Boulder Park, in western Imperial County, Southern California. It is also adjacent to remaining sections of Old U.S. Route 80. It is at 3,000 feet in elevation, in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains. Bert Vaughn, who owned the town of Jacumba, built the stone lookout between 1922-28. Its 70-foot-high tower was dedicated in memory of the area's rough pre-highway days, when the journey between Yuma and the Pacific Ocean took a month across blasted moonlike terrain.

Pioneers' Museum (Imperial County Historical Society)

The Imperial County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The museum houses galleries honoring the different ethnic communities and their history of settlement in the Imperial Valley. It also has a place of honor for all the local young men and women who have served in this country’s armed forces from the Civil War to present day. The Veterans’ Gallery includes artifacts and uniforms from the different wars and a memorial outside to honor those who paid with their lives. The museum also houses a well preserved history of the Valley’s advances in agriculture and technology showing the progress in seed genetics, entomology, animal husbandry and farming equipment. The most important factor in the permanent settlement here came with the building of one of the most impressive irrigation systems anywhere in the world. Without water this land would again become a desert.

Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is on the border of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem and a massive commercial agriculture operation that is the Imperial Valley. At an elevation of 227 feet below sea level, the refuge sees some of the hottest temperatures in the nation. Until 2021, the refuge had the distinction of having the most diverse bird species of any national wildlife refuge in the West with over 400 different species recorded and continues to be a birding hotspot for rare vagrant species.