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Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (pronounced /moʊˈhɑːvi/ or /məˈhɑːvi/), (Hayikwiir Mat'aar in Mojave), locally referred to as the High Desert, occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the...
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas (pronounced /lɑs ˈveɪgəs/; Spanish: [las ˈβeɣas]) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment....
Area:
- 340.06544 km² (131.3 mi² )
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Ridgecrest
Ridgecrest was incorporated as a city in 1963. It was formerly known as Crumville. It is located in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, California adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake)....
Area:
- 51.79976 km² (20 mi² )
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Lancaster
Lancaster is the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County, California and the 9th fastest growing city in the United States. Lancaster is located approximately 70 miles (112.5 km) north (by road travel) of the city of Los Angeles in Southern...
Area:
- 243.97688 km² (94.2 mi² )
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Palmdale
Palmdale is a city located in the northeast reaches of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city (on August 24, 1962), Palmdale is separated from Los Angeles by the San...
Area:
- 272.20775 km² (105.1 mi² )
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Adelanto
Adelanto is a city in San Bernardino County, California about 9 miles northwest of Victorville. The population was 18,130 at the 2000 census. The population as of July 2008 was near 27,500.
The name Adelanto means progress or advance in Spanish, and...
Area:
- 138.66796 km² (53.54 mi² )
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Barstow
Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 21,119 at the 2000 census.
Barstow is a major regional transportation center. Several major highways including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 converge in the...
Area:
- 86.9977 km² (33.59 mi² )
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Hesperia
The City of Hesperia is part of San Bernardino County, California located in the Mojave Desert 15 miles (24 km) north of San Bernardino. The locals refer to the surrounding area as the High Desert. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total...
Area:
- 174.5652 km² (67.4 mi² )
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Victorville
Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, California. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2000 census, this city had a total population of 64,030. The May 1, 2008, population estimate released by the...
Area:
- 189.84613 km² (73.3 mi² )
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North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The city was incorporated on May 16, 1946, and is known as the home of Nellis Air Force Base.
Located in the desert southwest, in the...
Area:
- 203.31407 km² (78.5 mi² )
St. George
St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is 119 miles...
Area:
- 168.09023 km² (64.9 mi² )
Searles Lake
Searles Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, with the mining community, Trona against its western shore. The evaporite basin is approximately 19 km (12 mi) long and 13 km (8.1 mi) at its widest point,...
Coyote Dry Lake
Coyote Dry Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 15 mi (24 km) northeast of Barstow. The lake is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) by 6 km (3.7 mi) at its widest point.
Coyote Dry Lake lies to the south of Fort...
El Mirage Dry Lake
El Mirage Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. The lake is located about 9 miles (14 km) west-northwest of the town of Adelanto and 10 mi (16 km) north of Highway 18 in San Bernardino County.
The dry lake...
Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
The Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness is found in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California in the United States. The wilderness lies in San Bernardino County east of the Piute Mountains along Interstate 40. The wilderness covers approximately 15...
Area:
- 62.8922 km² (24.2828 mi² )
Bristol Lake
Bristol Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 42 km (26 mi) south-southeast of Twentynine Palms. The lake is approximately 23 km (14 mi) long and 20 km (12 mi) at its widest point.
A salt evaporator...
Ivanpah Dry Lake
Ivanpah Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California on the border of California and Nevada. Nestled in the Ivanpah Valley near Primm on Interstate 15, the 13 square miles (34 km) lake is almost entirely within...
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, along Interstate 15, 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Barstow.
Silver Lake, along with the adjacent Soda Lake, is what remains of Lake Mojave, a large, perennial...
California City
California City, incorporated in 1965, is a city located in the northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, 65 miles southwest of Death Valley National Park, in the U.S. state of California. The population was 8,385 at the 2000 census. Estimated...
Area:
- 527.58058 km² (203.7 mi² )
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Harper Lake
Harper Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, near the small community, Lockhart, California. The lake is accessible for can be reached from Harper Lake Road, which runs north off State Route 58 about midway between...
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is an endorheic desert salt pan in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California. The lake derives its name from the anglicisation from the Spanish name, Rodriguez Dry Lake. It is the central part of Edwards Air Force Base as its hard...
Area:
- 165.927 km² (64.0648 mi² )
Lucerne Lake
Lucerne Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 24 km (15 mi) east of Apple Valley. The lake is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 8 km (5.0 mi) at its widest point.
Red Pass Lake
Red Pass Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 66 km (41 mi) northeast of Tecopa. The lake is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) long and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) at its widest point.
Broadwell Lake
Broadwell Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 75 km (47 mi) west of Barstow. Flanked by the Cady Mountains and the Bristol Mountains, the lake is approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) long and 2 km (1.2 mi) at its...
Koehn Lake
Koehn Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California, 19 km (12 mi) northeast of California City and east of Red Rock Canyon State Park. The lake is approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) long and 3 km (1.9 mi) at its widest point.
Nelson Lake
Nelson Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 67 km (42 mi) northeast of Barstow. The lake is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) by 2 km (1.2 mi) at its widest point.
Nelson Lake is on federal lands within the...
Rosamond Lake
Rosamond Lake is a natural dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of Kern- and Los Angeles County, California. The shores of the lake are entirely within the borders of Edwards Air Force Base, approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Lancaster. The lake is...
Superior Lake
Superior Lake is a dry lake basin in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 40 km (25 mi) north of Barstow. The lake is made up of three basins, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 6 km (3.7 mi) at its widest point. Through the...
Emerson Lake
Emerson Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 66 km (41 mi) northeast of Joshua Tree. The lake is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) long and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) at its widest point.
Emerson Lake is on federal lands...
Cuddeback Lake
Cuddeback Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Edwards Air Force Base. The lake is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) long and 4 km (2.5 mi) at its widest point.
Lake Mojave
Lake Mojave is an ancient former lake fed by the Mojave River that, through the Holocene, occupied the Silver Lake and Soda Lake basins in the Mojave Desert of San Bernadino County, California. Its outlet ultimately emptied into the Colorado River...
Goldstone Lake
Goldstone Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 56 km (35 mi) northeast of Barstow. The lake is approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) long and 3 km (1.9 mi) at its widest point.
Goldstone Lake is on federal lands...
Danby Lake
Danby Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Blythe. The lake is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) long and 4 km (2.5 mi) at its widest point.
Bicycle Lake
Bicycle Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Barstow. The lake is approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) long and 3 km (1.9 mi) at its widest point.
Bicycle Lake is on federal lands and...
Lake Manix
Lake Manix is a former lake fed by the Mojave River in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. During the Pleistocene (450 to 18 thousand years ago), this ancient lake occupied the modern Afton Lake, Troy Lake, Coyote Lake, Harper...
