Johnson Valley, California
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Location

Johnson Valley is a small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County in Southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 between the Victor Valley and Morongo Basin
Morongo Basin
The Morongo Basin is located centrally in the southern portion of the state of California in the United States. The Morongo basin is part of the Inland Empire metropolitan statistical area, the 13th largest in the United States. Joshua Tree National Park lies within the basin. The basin stretches...

 areas of the High Desert
High Desert (California)
The High Desert is an unofficial and vaguely-defined geographic area of southern California located to the northeast of the San Gabriel Mountains. The term "High Desert" is used most commonly by the news media, especially in weather forecasts, and in the names of businesses and organizations...

 region of California. It is located south of Highway 247 in the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...

 northwest of Yucca Valley. It is bordered by the San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino Mountains
The San Bernardino Mountains are a short transverse mountain range north and east of San Bernardino in Southern California in the United States. The mountains run for approximately 60 miles east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County, north of the...

 in the South, Lucerne Valley to the West, Yucca Valley to the Southeast, and Landers to the East.

Geographically, Johnson Valley is the East Portion of Lucerne Valley (referring to the geographical valley formation rather than the unincorporated town), opening up to the Homestead Valley in the Southeast to the communities of Flamingo Heights, Landers and Yucca Valley.

Population

Defined as a ZCTA (Zip-Code Tabulation Area, 92285), Johnson Valley has 2,181 residents throughout its area.

Points of interest

Johnson Valley is home to historical desert areas such as Rock Corral (famous from the Chemihuevi "Willie Boy" incident) and a number of indigenous petroglyphic sites in the northern most areas of Chaparral Desert landscapes south of Pisgah Crater.
Johnson Valley is the Home of The King of The Cattle Barons Rich Rohr and the Bar R2 Feedlot, Ranching in the High Desert since 1953.

Recreation

Johnson Valley OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) Area is a tract of BLM managed land set aside for recreational use by residents and off-highway enthusiasts. The OHV Area is bordered by Interstate 40 at its northern-most point, at Highway 247's northern leg to Barstow at its western border, and at Emerson Dry Lake/US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at its easternmost border. Off-Road Enthusiasts participate in a course known as "The Hammers", a triangular off-road track at Bessemer Mine Road at the southern point of Soggy Lake. Expansion plans of the US Marine Corps AGCC Base plan to annex parts of the Off-Highway Area that threaten to permanently close access to the track.

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