High Desert Map & Location Information

The High Desert is located at 34°31'14" North, 117°20'40" West (34.520459, -117.344525)[6].

The High Desert is located at the southern edge of the Mojave Desert, 81 miles northeast of Los Angeles, 34 miles south of Barstow, 48 miles east of Palmdale, and 37 miles north of San Bernardino through the Cajon Pass on Interstate 15. The High Desert has the Mojave Desert branch of the San Bernardino county government offices.

Local communities are centrally located Victorville, Apple Valley on the east, Hesperia on the south, and Adelanto on the west. The Mojave River flows through Victorville. The elevation at City Hall is approximately 2,950 feet above sea level. The summer climate for this area in the Mojave Desert may be hotter than the Los Angeles basin or the Inland Empire, but actually 10 or 15 degrees cooler than in the Colorado Desert.