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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=High_Desert_(California)&params=34.8_N_117.6_W_region:US-CA_type:landmark_dim:200km"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°48′N</span> <span class="longitude">117°36′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.8°N 117.6°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.8; -117.6</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Geographic area of southern California</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg/220px-High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg/330px-High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg/440px-High_Desert_Summer_Sunset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3540" data-file-height="2339" /></a><figcaption>The High Desert at sunset in <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Valley,_California" title="Johnson Valley, California">Johnson Valley</a>, along <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_247" title="California State Route 247">California State Route 247</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>High Desert</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Vernacular_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernacular region">vernacular region</a> with non-discrete boundaries covering areas of the western <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a>. The region encompasses various <a href="/wiki/Terrain" title="Terrain">terrain</a> with <a href="/wiki/Elevation" title="Elevation">elevations</a> generally between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (610 and 1,220 m) <a href="/wiki/Height_above_mean_sea_level" title="Height above mean sea level">above sea level</a>, and is located just north of the <a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains" title="San Gabriel Mountains">San Gabriel</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_Mountains" title="San Bernardino Mountains">San Bernardino</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Little_San_Bernardino_Mountains" title="Little San Bernardino Mountains">Little San Bernardino Mountains</a>. </p><p>The term "High Desert" is commonly used by local news media,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially in weather forecasts, because of the high desert's unique and moderate weather patterns compared to its low desert neighbors. The term "High Desert" serves to differentiate it from southern California's <a href="/wiki/Low_Desert" title="Low Desert">Low Desert</a>, which is defined by the differences in elevation, climate, animal life, and vegetation native to these regions. For instance, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs</a>, at 500 feet (150 m) above sea level, is considered "Low Desert"; in contrast, <a href="/wiki/Landers,_California" title="Landers, California">Landers</a> at 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level, is considered "High Desert". </p><p>The High Desert, along with the "<a href="/wiki/Mojave_River" title="Mojave River">Mojave River</a> Valley" and the <a href="/wiki/Victor_Valley" title="Victor Valley">Victor Valley</a>, is mostly used to describe the area centered around <a href="/wiki/Victorville,_California" title="Victorville, California">Victorville</a>. The region extends as far west as <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster</a>, as far southwest as <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a>, and north to the <a href="/wiki/Barstow,_California" title="Barstow, California">Barstow</a> desert.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_20180210_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_20180210-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "High Desert" has also been incorporated into the names of businesses and organizations in these areas.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "High Desert" is also erroneously used to refer to the communities north and west of <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Tree_National_Park" title="Joshua Tree National Park">Joshua Tree National Park</a>—<a href="/wiki/Twentynine_Palms,_California" title="Twentynine Palms, California">Twentynine Palms</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Morongo_Basin" title="Morongo Basin">Morongo Basin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yucca_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Yucca Valley">Yucca Valley</a>), which are actually in an area called the Hi-Desert.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These communities are at a higher elevation than the <a href="/wiki/Low_Desert" title="Low Desert">Low Desert</a> that encompasses the <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley" title="Coachella Valley">Coachella Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Valley" title="Imperial Valley">Imperial Valley</a> in far southern California. </p><p>The area was even <a href="/wiki/High_Desert_County,_California" title="High Desert County, California">proposed to become a new county</a> due to cultural, economic and geographic differences relative to the rest of the more urban region.<sup id="cite_ref-proposal1998_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proposal1998-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-goforit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goforit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wilson_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pale_Horizon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pale_Horizon.jpg/220px-Pale_Horizon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pale_Horizon.jpg/330px-Pale_Horizon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pale_Horizon.jpg/440px-Pale_Horizon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2280" /></a><figcaption>Old Woman Springs Ridge in the high desert, <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Valley,_California" title="Johnson Valley, California">Johnson Valley</a>, California</figcaption></figure> <p>Depending on how the boundaries of the Mojave and the Colorado Desert region are defined, the High Desert either includes the entire California portion of the <a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a> (using a smaller geographic designation than its <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregion</a>) or the northern portion of the California desert (using a larger geographic designation including the <a href="/wiki/Ecotope" title="Ecotope">ecotope</a> area of the lower and adjacent <a href="/wiki/Sonoran_Desert" title="Sonoran Desert">Sonoran Desert</a>). </p><p>The name of the region comes from its higher elevations and more northern latitude with associated climate and <a href="/wiki/Plant_community" title="Plant community">plant communities</a> distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Low_Desert" title="Low Desert">Low Desert</a>, which includes the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Desert" title="Colorado Desert">Colorado Desert</a> and the below-sea-level <a href="/wiki/Salton_Sea" title="Salton Sea">Salton Sea</a>. The High Desert is typically windier than the Low Desert, and it averages 12 to 20 °F cooler in both the winter and summer seasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regions">Regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The High Desert is often divided into the following regions, moving west to east: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County</a> portion, containing the <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a>–<a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster</a> Urbanized Area, and in the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles metropolitan area">Los Angeles metropolitan area</a>. The Urbanized Area is home to 353,619 people.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino County</a> portion, containing the <a href="/wiki/Victor_Valley" title="Victor Valley">Victor Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barstow,_California" title="Barstow, California">Barstow</a>, is the most populous region of the High Desert with an estimated 2015 population of over 385,960 residents.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major population center in area includes <a href="/wiki/Victorville" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorville">Victorville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hesperia,_California" title="Hesperia, California">Hesperia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" title="Apple Valley, California">Apple Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adelanto" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelanto">Adelanto</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oak_Hills,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="Oak Hills, San Bernardino County, California">Oak Hills</a>. This region is sometimes considered part of the <a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Inland Empire</a> area of <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a>.</li> <li>Further east lies the <a href="/wiki/Lucerne_Valley,_California" title="Lucerne Valley, California">Lucerne Valley</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Morongo_Basin" title="Morongo Basin">Morongo Basin</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Yucca_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Yucca Valley">Yucca Valley</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms" title="Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms">Twentynine Palms Marine Base</a> are located. All these regions are all considered to be part of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Greater Los Angeles</a>.</li></ul> <p>San Bernardino County's portion of the High Desert region contains the most land mass of the four involved counties, making up approximately 70% of the total county's area. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnt_Horizon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Burnt_Horizon.jpg/220px-Burnt_Horizon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Burnt_Horizon.jpg/330px-Burnt_Horizon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Burnt_Horizon.jpg/440px-Burnt_Horizon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Just after <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">sunset</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landers,_California" title="Landers, California">Landers, California</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Other parts of the greater physical region known as the "High Desert" include: </p> <ul><li>The San Bernardino County northeastern reaches of the High Desert, where the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Irwin_National_Training_Center" title="Fort Irwin National Training Center">Fort Irwin National Training Center</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Searles_Valley,_California" title="Searles Valley, California">Searles Valley</a> are located, and the far eastern edge of the <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">state</a> where places like <a href="/wiki/Needles,_California" title="Needles, California">Needles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earp,_California" title="Earp, California">Earp</a> are located along the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado River</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern County</a> portion, containing part of two valleys, with the southeastern part in the Antelope Valley, including <a href="/wiki/Rosamond,_California" title="Rosamond, California">Rosamond</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_City,_California" title="California City, California">California City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boron,_California" title="Boron, California">Boron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mojave,_California" title="Mojave, California">Mojave</a>, which are all a part of the Palmdale–Lancaster Urbanized Area, and the northeastern part being in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wells_Valley" title="Indian Wells Valley">Indian Wells Valley</a>, including the communities of <a href="/wiki/Inyokern,_California" title="Inyokern, California">Inyokern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest,_California" title="Ridgecrest, California">Ridgecrest</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Inyo_County,_California" title="Inyo County, California">Inyo County</a> portion, north of Kern County and containing the northern end of the Indian Wells Valley, <a href="/wiki/Panamint_Valley" title="Panamint Valley">Panamint Valley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saline_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Saline Valley, California">Saline Valley</a>. This is the most sparsely populated area of the High Desert; its major communities are <a href="/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California" title="Lone Pine, California">Lone Pine</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/Owens_Valley" title="Owens Valley">Owens Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop,_California" title="Bishop, California">Bishop</a> in the northern.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_communities">Cities and communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cities and communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg/220px-Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg/330px-Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg/440px-Sunset_over_the_Mojave_in_January.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2688" data-file-height="1520" /></a><figcaption>Sunset over the Mojave</figcaption></figure> <p>The major metropolitan centers in the region are primarily centered on the cities of <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California">Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorville,_California" title="Victorville, California">Victorville</a>. Lancaster, the largest city in the High Desert, is located in the <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a> next to <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a> and anchors the area's Los Angeles County region with a <a href="/wiki/List_of_California_urban_areas" title="List of California urban areas">metro area</a> population of just over 500,000. The <a href="/wiki/Victor_Valley" title="Victor Valley">Victor Valley</a> area, which includes cities and communities such as Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto, Apple Valley, and <a href="/wiki/Lucerne_Valley,_California" title="Lucerne Valley, California">Lucerne Valley</a>, boasts a population around 385,000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Barstow area, to the northeast of the Victor Valley, and the Morongo Basin near <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Tree_National_Park" title="Joshua Tree National Park">Joshua Tree National Park</a> both have populations of around 60,000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_cities,_towns,_and_census-designated_places"><span id="List_of_cities.2C_towns.2C_and_census-designated_places"></span>List of cities, towns, and census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of cities, towns, and census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Incorporated places are listed in <b>bold</b>. This list includes all places in the broadest definition of "High Desert". Population figures are most recent information available from the US Census Bureau.</i></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acton,_California" title="Acton, California">Acton</a> (7,596)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelanto,_California" title="Adelanto, California"><b>Adelanto</b></a> (34,160)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agua_Dulce,_California" title="Agua Dulce, California">Agua Dulce</a> (3,342)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antelope_Acres,_California" title="Antelope Acres, California">Antelope Acres</a> (2,800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Valley,_California" title="Apple Valley, California"><b>Apple Valley</b></a> (73,508)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barstow,_California" title="Barstow, California"><b>Barstow</b></a> (23,972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop,_California" title="Bishop, California"><b>Bishop</b></a> (3,746)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boron,_California" title="Boron, California">Boron</a> (2,253)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calico,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Calico, San Bernardino County, California">Calico</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_City,_California" title="California City, California"><b>California City</b></a> (14,217)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cima,_California" title="Cima, California">Cima</a> (10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daggett,_California" title="Daggett, California">Daggett</a> (200)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Sur,_California" title="Del Sur, California">Del Sur</a> (1,750)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards,_California" title="Edwards, California">Edwards</a> (2,063)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Mirage,_California" title="El Mirage, California">El Mirage</a> (unknown)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Lake,_California" title="Elizabeth Lake, California">Elizabeth Lake</a> (1,756)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Essex, San Bernardino County, California">Essex</a> (89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Irwin_National_Training_Center" title="Fort Irwin National Training Center">Fort Irwin</a> (8,845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goffs,_California" title="Goffs, California">Goffs</a> (23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloran_Springs,_California" title="Halloran Springs, California">Halloran Springs</a> (18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helendale,_California" title="Helendale, California">Helendale</a> (4,936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesperia,_California" title="Hesperia, California"><b>Hesperia</b></a> (95,274)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinkley,_California" title="Hinkley, California">Hinkley</a> (1,915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hi_Vista,_California" title="Hi Vista, California">Hi Vista</a> (3,003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inyokern,_California" title="Inyokern, California">Inyokern</a> (1,099)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Valley,_California" title="Johnson Valley, California">Johnson Valley</a> (2,101)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Tree,_California" title="Joshua Tree, California">Joshua Tree</a> (7,414)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelso,_California" title="Kelso, California">Kelso</a> (0)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Hughes,_California" title="Lake Hughes, California">Lake Hughes</a> (649)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Los_Angeles,_California" title="Lake Los Angeles, California">Lake Los Angeles</a> (12,328)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_California" title="Lancaster, California"><b>Lancaster</b></a> (159,053)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landers,_California" title="Landers, California">Landers</a> (2,632)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenwood,_California" title="Lenwood, California">Lenwood</a> (3,543)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leona_Valley,_California" title="Leona Valley, California">Leona Valley</a> (1,607)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlerock,_California" title="Littlerock, California">Littlerock</a> (1,377)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llano,_California" title="Llano, California">Llano</a> (1,201)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California" title="Lone Pine, California">Lone Pine</a> (2,035)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucerne_Valley,_California" title="Lucerne Valley, California">Lucerne Valley</a> (5,811)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludlow,_California" title="Ludlow, California">Ludlow</a> (10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave,_California" title="Mojave, California">Mojave</a> (4,238)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Pass,_California" title="Mountain Pass, California">Mountain Pass</a> (8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_View_Acres,_California" title="Mountain View Acres, California">Mountain View Acres</a> (3,130)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebo_Center,_California" title="Nebo Center, California">Nebo Center</a> (1,174)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles,_California" title="Needles, California"><b>Needles</b></a> (4,982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neenach,_California" title="Neenach, California">Neenach</a> (800)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newberry_Springs,_California" title="Newberry Springs, California">Newberry Springs</a> (1,280)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nipton,_California" title="Nipton, California">Nipton</a> (28)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Edwards,_California" title="North Edwards, California">North Edwards</a> (1,058)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Hills,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="Oak Hills, San Bernardino County, California">Oak Hills</a> (8,879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oro_Grande,_California" title="Oro Grande, California">Oro Grande</a> (974)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California"><b>Palmdale</b></a> (156,667)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearblossom,_California" title="Pearblossom, California">Pearblossom</a> (2,435)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phelan,_California" title="Phelan, California">Phelan</a> (14,304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%B1on_Hills,_California" title="Piñon Hills, California">Piñon Hills</a> (7,272)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneertown,_California" title="Pioneertown, California">Pioneertown</a> (350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_Hill,_California" title="Quartz Hill, California">Quartz Hill</a> (10,912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragtown,_California" title="Ragtown, California">Ragtown</a> (0)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randsburg,_California" title="Randsburg, California">Randsburg</a> (69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest,_California" title="Ridgecrest, California"><b>Ridgecrest</b></a> (28,940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosamond,_California" title="Rosamond, California">Rosamond</a> (18,150)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberia,_California" title="Siberia, California">Siberia</a> (0)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley_Lake,_California" title="Spring Valley Lake, California">Spring Valley Lake</a> (8,220)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunfair,_California" title="Sunfair, California">Sunfair</a> (288)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunfair_Heights,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunfair Heights, California">Sunfair Heights</a> (149)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Village,_California" title="Sun Village, California">Sun Village</a> (11,565)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Points,_California" title="Three Points, California">Three Points</a> (200)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trona,_San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="Trona, San Bernardino County, California">Trona</a> (2,742)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentynine_Palms,_California" title="Twentynine Palms, California"><b>Twentynine Palms</b></a> (26,418)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms" title="Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms">Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base</a> (8,413)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valyermo,_California" title="Valyermo, California">Valyermo</a> (450)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorville,_California" title="Victorville, California"><b>Victorville</b></a> (122,312)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidal_Junction,_California" title="Vidal Junction, California">Vidal Junction</a> (17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yermo,_California" title="Yermo, California">Yermo</a> (4,200)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yucca_Valley,_California" title="Yucca Valley, California"><b>Yucca Valley</b></a> (21,726)</li></ul> <p>  </p> 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/California_62.svg/30px-California_62.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/California_62.svg/40px-California_62.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="385" data-file-height="401" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_62" title="California State Route 62">State Route 62</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_95_(1961_cutout).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg/20px-US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg/30px-US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg/40px-US_95_%281961_cutout%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_95_in_California" title="U.S. Route 95 in California">U.S. Route 95</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_127.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/California_127.svg/25px-California_127.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/California_127.svg/38px-California_127.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/California_127.svg/50px-California_127.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="401" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_127" title="California State Route 127">State Route 127</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_136.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/California_136.svg/25px-California_136.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/California_State_Route_138" title="California State Route 138">State Route 138</a> / <a href="/wiki/Pearblossom_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearblossom Highway">Pearblossom Highway</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_178.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/California_178.svg/25px-California_178.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/California_178.svg/38px-California_178.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/California_178.svg/50px-California_178.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="401" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/California_State_Route_178" title="California State Route 178">State Route 178</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_190.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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395</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_arts">In the arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In the arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour" title="Louis L'Amour">Louis L'Amour</a>'s Western novel <i>The Lonesome Gods</i> uses features of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in its narrative.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Spooner" title="James Spooner">James Spooner</a>'s 2022 graphic memoir <i>The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.</i> depicts the author's experiences as a Black teenager in the punk rock scene of Apple Valley.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motion_pictures">Motion pictures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Motion pictures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Popular filming sites</dt></dl> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Hills" title="Alabama Hills">Alabama Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_State_Park_(California)" title="Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)">Red Rock Canyon</a> have been <a href="/wiki/Filming_location" title="Filming location">filming locations</a> for numerous <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Westerns</a>.</li> <li>Boomtowns that prospered during <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_66" title="U.S. Route 66">Route 66</a> and railroad travel in the early 20th century include <a href="/wiki/Amboy,_California" title="Amboy, California">Amboy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cima,_California" title="Cima, California">Cima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ludlow,_California" title="Ludlow, California">Ludlow</a>, and are also used in principal photography and location shots.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_California_Logistics_Airport" title="Southern California Logistics Airport">Southern California Logistics Airport</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base" title="George Air Force Base">George Air Force Base</a>, decommissioned in 1992) is used often for military dramas and action films.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Exemplary projects</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_(1939_film)" title="Stagecoach (1939 film)">Stagecoach</a></i> (1939), <a href="/wiki/Lucerne_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucerne Valley">Lucerne Valley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_(film)" title="The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)">The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</a></i> (1948), <a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_Canyon_State_Park_(California)" title="Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)">Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)</a>−</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Westworld_(film)" title="Westworld (film)">Westworld</a></i> (1973), Red Rock Canyon State Park</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bagdad_Cafe" title="Bagdad Cafe">Bagdad Cafe</a></i> (1987), Newberry Springs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(film)" title="Jurassic Park (film)">Jurassic Park</a></i> (1993), Red Rock Canyon State Park</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Casino_(1995_film)" title="Casino (1995 film)">Casino</a></i> (1995), Palmdale</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)" title="Contact (1997 American film)">Contact</a></i> (1997), Adelanto<sup id="cite_ref-Contact_Movie_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contact_Movie-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face/Off" title="Face/Off">Face/Off</a></i> (1997), Victorville</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jarhead_(film)" title="Jarhead (film)">Jarhead</a></i> (2005), Victorville</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)" title="Valkyrie (film)">Valkyrie</a></i> (2008), Victorville</li></ul> <dl><dt>Films using High Desert as a subject of the narrative</dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Erin_Brockovich_(film)" title="Erin Brockovich (film)">Erin Brockovich</a></i> (2000), centered on the <a href="/wiki/PG%26E" class="mw-redirect" title="PG&E">PG&E</a> environmental disaster in the town of <a href="/wiki/Hinkley,_California" title="Hinkley, California">Hinkley</a> west of <a href="/wiki/Barstow,_California" title="Barstow, California">Barstow</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Stuff_(film)" title="The Right Stuff (film)">The Right Stuff</a></i> (1983), based on the 1979 non-fiction book by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolfe" title="Tom Wolfe">Tom Wolfe</a> about the pilots engaged in U.S. postwar research with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> as well as documenting the stories of the first Project Mercury astronauts selected for the NASA space program.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Cowboys" title="Space Cowboys">Space Cowboys</a></i> (2000), one of many examples that feature <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a> in the 1940s used in experimental test flights and for shuttle landings with the NASA Space Program.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Desert_(California)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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title="Hemet, California">Hemet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland,_California" title="Highland, California">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indio,_California" title="Indio, California">Indio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Quinta,_California" title="La Quinta, California">La Quinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Elsinore,_California" title="Lake Elsinore, California">Lake Elsinore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montclair,_California" title="Montclair, California">Montclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norco,_California" title="Norco, California">Norco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert,_California" title="Palm Desert, California">Palm Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perris,_California" title="Perris, California">Perris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redlands,_California" title="Redlands, California">Redlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto,_California" title="San 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