Chapter 8 Transportation and communication
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 and Hwy 14 comes in from Lancaster in the southwest. Highway 40 runs from Barstow in the middle out through Needles in the east.
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 travelers with time and adequate vehicles and by plane
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.
Numerous general aviation airports serve the area; most have long runways and clear 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)
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.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mojave_Desert
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 and Hwy 14 comes in from Lancaster in the southwest. Highway 40 runs from Barstow in the middle out through Needles in the east.
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 travelers with time and adequate vehicles and by plane
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.
Numerous general aviation airports serve the area; most have long runways and clear 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)
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.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Mojave_Desert
I included this for interest
Mojave phone booth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mojave phone booth was a lone telephone booth placed circa 1960 in what is now the Mojave National Preserve in California which attracted an online following in 1997 due to its unusual location. The booth was 15 miles (24 km) from the nearest interstate highway, and miles from any buildings.
Fans called the booth attempting to get a reply, and a few took trips to the booth to answer, often camping out at the site. Several callers kept recordings of their conversations. Over time, the booth became covered in graffiti, as many travelers would leave a message on it.
One incident involving the phone booth was documented by Los Angeles Times writer John Glionna, who met 51-year-old Rick Karr there. Karr claims he was instructed by the Holy Spirit to answer the phone. He spent 32 days there, answering more than 500 phone calls including repeated calls from someone who identified himself as "Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon."
The booth was removed on May 17, 2000 by Pacific Bell, at the request of the National Park Service. Also, per Pacific Bell policy, the phone number was permanently retired. Officially, this was done to halt the environmental impact of visitors, though a letter written by the then-superintendent of the Mojave National Preserve mentions confronting Pacific Bell with some long-forgotten easement fees[1]. A headstone-like plaque was later placed at the site. It, too, was removed by the National Park Service.
Fans of the booth also claim that the actual enclosure was destroyed by Pacific Bell after its removal.[2]
The story inspired the creation of a motion picture, Mojave Phone Booth.
Mojave Desert Route 66
Perhaps no other highway in the U.S. is as fabled as Route 66. It has been immortalized in song, literature, and even a T.V. series as the Main Street of America. Automobiles came early to the desert, following the railroad with its valuable water resources. In the early 1900's the route was known as the National Old Trails Road. In 1926 it became U.S. Highway 66, and within a decade was paved all the way from L.A. to Chicago. Heavy travel by dustbowl emigrants led John Steinbeck to label it as the Mother Road. It was bypassed by Interstate 40 in 1973, and the Route 66 designation was officially dropped in 1985.
Mojave River Bridge at Victorville Route 66
http://digital-desert.com/route-66/
Publications for Mojave Desert: Los Angeles Times. Antelope Valley Press News, California City News, Los Angeles Daily News, The Antelope Valley Journal and California City online
Mojave phone booth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mojave phone booth was a lone telephone booth placed circa 1960 in what is now the Mojave National Preserve in California which attracted an online following in 1997 due to its unusual location. The booth was 15 miles (24 km) from the nearest interstate highway, and miles from any buildings.
Fans called the booth attempting to get a reply, and a few took trips to the booth to answer, often camping out at the site. Several callers kept recordings of their conversations. Over time, the booth became covered in graffiti, as many travelers would leave a message on it.
One incident involving the phone booth was documented by Los Angeles Times writer John Glionna, who met 51-year-old Rick Karr there. Karr claims he was instructed by the Holy Spirit to answer the phone. He spent 32 days there, answering more than 500 phone calls including repeated calls from someone who identified himself as "Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon."
The booth was removed on May 17, 2000 by Pacific Bell, at the request of the National Park Service. Also, per Pacific Bell policy, the phone number was permanently retired. Officially, this was done to halt the environmental impact of visitors, though a letter written by the then-superintendent of the Mojave National Preserve mentions confronting Pacific Bell with some long-forgotten easement fees[1]. A headstone-like plaque was later placed at the site. It, too, was removed by the National Park Service.
Fans of the booth also claim that the actual enclosure was destroyed by Pacific Bell after its removal.[2]
The story inspired the creation of a motion picture, Mojave Phone Booth.
Mojave Desert Route 66
Perhaps no other highway in the U.S. is as fabled as Route 66. It has been immortalized in song, literature, and even a T.V. series as the Main Street of America. Automobiles came early to the desert, following the railroad with its valuable water resources. In the early 1900's the route was known as the National Old Trails Road. In 1926 it became U.S. Highway 66, and within a decade was paved all the way from L.A. to Chicago. Heavy travel by dustbowl emigrants led John Steinbeck to label it as the Mother Road. It was bypassed by Interstate 40 in 1973, and the Route 66 designation was officially dropped in 1985.
Mojave River Bridge at Victorville Route 66
http://digital-desert.com/route-66/
Publications for Mojave Desert: Los Angeles Times. Antelope Valley Press News, California City News, Los Angeles Daily News, The Antelope Valley Journal and California City online
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