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Red Rock Canyon State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park consists of approximately 27,000 acres (110 km 2) within the Mojave Sector of the Tehachapi District of the California State Park System, and is located along State Highway 14 in Kern County, about 80 miles (129 km) east of Bakersfield ...
Pearblossom locally / ˈpɛərblɒsəm / is an unincorporated community located in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The town has a population of 2,435. The ZIP Code is 93553 and the community is inside area code 661. According to the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance ...
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1]
The desert region of California is characterized by low rainfall, caused by the rain shadow of mountain ranges to the west of the desert region. The Mojave Desert receives from 3 to 10 inches (76 to 254 mm) of rain per year, while the Colorado Desert receives from 2 to 6 inches (51 to 152 mm). [ 10] The driest spot in California is Death Valley ...
Giant Rock with an Oldsmobile pictured in the Los Angeles Times in May 1937. A caption reads, in part: "A wind sock, fluttering from a huge whitewashed rock overlooking the Mojave Desert near ...
Deleted. Freeways. ← SR 13. → I-15. State Route 14 ( SR 14) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California that connects Los Angeles to the northern Mojave Desert. The southern portion of the highway is signed as the Antelope Valley Freeway. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 5 (I-5, Golden State Freeway) in the Los ...
Three Sisters (Los Angeles County) / 34.53666083°N 117.70700361°W / 34.53666083; -117.70700361. The Three Sisters is a small mountain range found in the Mojave Desert, in Los Angeles County, California. [1] It consists of three main hills of varying sizes, with the smallest to the southwest having a height above surrounding land of ...
High Desert is a vernacular region with non-discrete boundaries covering areas of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. The region encompasses various terrain with elevations generally between 2,000 and 4,000 ft (610 and 1,220 m) above sea level, and is located just north of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and Little San Bernardino ...