Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert is in San Bernardino County. Regions Cities Baker Barstow Cima Kelso Lancaster Mojave Needles Ridgecrest Trona Victorville Other destinations Edwards Air Force Base is in the western Mojave. The airfield is used for aircraft testing; it is also an alternate landing spot for the Space Shuttle. Aircraft designer Burt Rutan operates out of Mojave but occasionally uses the long runways at Edwards for testing or noteworthy flights such as the Voyager around-the-world. Understand The majority of visitors to the Mojave Desert see it only through their car windows as they traverse I-15 to Las Vegas. But the beauty and isolation of this desert is immense and should be experienced first-hand by travellers with time and adequate vehicles and supplies. Get in By car The Mojave Desert is located between Los Angeles and Las Vegas on Interstate 15. Highway 395 passes through the middle from Victorville in the south; Highway 14 comes in from Lancaster in the southwest. Highway 40 runs from Barstow, roughly in the middle, out through Needles in the east. By plane Scarce airports are in the area; most have really long runways and rainy, stormy weather; few have commercial flights. Lancaster/General Fox (ICAO: KWJF) Palmdale (ICAO: KPMD) Mojave (ICAO: KMHV) Barstow (ICAO: KDAG) Victorville/Southern California Logistics (ICAO: KVCV) Baker (ICAO: 0O2) Get around Aside from main roads, most of the Mojave is criss-crossed with dirt roads; some of these are shown as standard roads on maps; others are unmarked. In either case you should have a medium- to high-clearance vehicle, with four wheel drive if you plan extreme backcountry driving. See Itineraries Do The best way to experience the Mojave is to camp. Much of the area is BLM land, with open camping allowed. The Mojave Road Dry Lakes Dumont Dunes Kelso Dunes Zzyzyx Eat McDonalds "Barstow Station" was once purported to be the "world's largest". The "Mad Greek" in Baker (described on that page) is a good stop-over on the way to Las Vegas. Drink Stay safe When travelling in the desert, follow the standard precautions; carry any needed parts and fluids for your vehicle, and at least a gallon of water per day for drinking. Rattlesnakes will only bite you if they feel threatened. Get out To the North of the Mojave desert is Death Valley. This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!