Mojave Desert

The  is a desert mostly located in California, but also straddling Arizona, Nevada and Utah. It is part of the larger Southwestern United States region, and is also the driest desert in North America. The Mojave region contains the major regional city of, but is otherwise mostly rural and sparsely populated. and are other notable locations within the Mojave.

In the IDW continuity, most of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April miniseries takes place in the California's Mojave Desert where and  drive on a road trip in  to investigate leads provided by the. There, Casey and April encounter the trickery of the, but also meet his kindly sister Aka, a local goddess who proves to be exactly who the scroll has been pointing to. The entrance to Aka's liminal space is Aka's Trailer, a modest mobile home with located deep in the desert.