El Mirage Lake
El Mirage Lake is a dry lake bed in the northwestern Victor Valley of the central Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. The lake is located about 9 miles west-northwest of the town of Adelanto and 10 mi north of Highway 18 in San Bernardino County.Photo: AnimAlu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Sand (intermittent)
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “El Mirage Dry Lake” and “Mirage Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Mirage Field.
El Mirage Field
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
El Mirage Field is a private airport located 3 miles west of El Mirage, California. It is leased by General Atomics of San Diego. Its primary use is the development and testing of unmanned aerial vehicles for the United States military and US Government.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Mirage.
El Mirage
Hamlet
El Mirage is an unincorporated community in the western Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. El Mirage is next to the El Mirage Lake, a dry lake bed, and 12.5 miles northwest of Adelanto. El Mirage is situated 3½ miles southwest of El Mirage Lake.
El Mirage Lake
- Categories: dry lake and landform
- Location: San Bernardino County, Desert, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.64268° or 34° 38′ 34″ northLongitude
-117.5891° or 117° 35′ 21″ westElevation
2,838 feet (865 metres)Open location code
8564JCV6+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 203959664OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sandOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesGeoNames ID
5373532Wikidata ID
Q5351602
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Satellite Map
Discover El Mirage Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“El Mirage Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة الميراج”
- Catalan: “llac El Mirage”
- Cebuano: “El Mirage Lake”
- Chinese: “埃尔默拉日湖”
- Czech: “Jezero El Mirage”
- French: “El Mirage Lake”
- Japanese: “エル・ミラージュ乾湖”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Houze Place and Adelanto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Resurrection Hill and El Mirage - Station 11.
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