Searles Lake
Searles Lake is an endorheic dry lake in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. The lake in the past was also called Slate Range Lake and Borax Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: endorheic dry lake in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert
- Also known as: “Borax Lake” and “Slate Range Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trona and Argus.
Trona
Village
Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Trona is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California. In 2015 it had a population of approximately 1,900. Trona is at the western edge of Searles Lake, a dry lake bed in Searles Valley, southwest of Death Valley.
Argus
Village
Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is 17 miles east-northeast of Ridgecrest.
Pioneer Point
Quarter
Pioneer Point is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, California. Pioneer Point is 20 miles northeast of Ridgecrest. Pioneer Point is situated 5 miles north of Searles Lake.
Searles Lake
- Categories: dry lake and body of water
- Location: San Bernardino County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.71696° or 35° 43′ 1″ northLongitude
-117.32677° or 117° 19′ 36″ westElevation
1,621 feet (494 metres)Open location code
8574PM8F+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1217209192OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Searles Lake” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Searles Lake”
- Cebuano: “Searles Lake”
- Chinese: “瑟尔斯湖”
- French: “Searles Lake”
- Russian: “Серлс”
- Russian: “Сёрлс”
- Ukrainian: “Серлз-Лейк”
- Ukrainian: “Серлс”
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Localities in the Area
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