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Barstow

Barstow is a city of 24,000 people in the of the state of . The city's location at the junction of Interstate 15 and Interstate 40, as well as its position on the old Route 66, make it a frequent pit stop for travelers passing through on their way to more exotic destinations.
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  • Type: City with 25,400 residents
  • Description: city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Barstow, CA”, “Barstow, California”, “Fishpond”, “Fishponds”, “Grapevine”, “Waterman”, and “Waterman Junction”
  • Postal codes: 92311 and 92312

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barstow Harvey House and Western America Railroad Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Harvey House Railroad Depot and Barstow station, is a historic building in Barstow, California. Originally built in 1911 as Casa del Desierto, a Harvey House hotel and Santa Fe Railroad depot, it currently serves as an Amtrak station and government building housing city offices, the Barstow Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, and two .

Museum
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The is a railroad museum located in Barstow, California. The museum collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest.

Museum
Photo: Model Citizen, Public domain.
The is a public-run community education center located in Barstow, California. The center is staffed by the Bureau of Land Management and focuses on promoting awareness of desert life to local residents.

Barstow

Latitude
34.8986° or 34° 53′ 55″ north
Longitude
-117.0244° or 117° 1′ 28″ west
Population
25,400
Elevation
2,175 feet (663 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US BZW
Open location code
8564VXXG+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2023401079
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5326297
Wiki­data ID
Q499174
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Barstow” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بارستاو، سان بيرناردينو، كاليفورنيا”
  • Arabic: “بارستاو”
  • Basque: “Barstow”
  • Bulgarian: “Барстоу”
  • Catalan: “Barstow”
  • Cebuano: “Barstow”
  • Chechen: “Барстоу”
  • Chinese: “Barstow”
  • Chinese: “巴斯托”
  • Croatian: “Barstow”
  • Czech: “Barstow”
  • Dagbani: “Barstow”
  • Danish: “Barstow”
  • Dutch: “Barstow”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارستاو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بارستو”
  • French: “Barstow”
  • German: “Barstow”
  • Gilaki: “بارستو”
  • Haitian: “Barstow, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Barstow”
  • Hebrew: “ברסטו”
  • Hungarian: “Barstow”
  • Indonesian: “Barstow, California”
  • Indonesian: “Barstow”
  • Irish: “Barstow”
  • Italian: “Barstow”
  • Japanese: “バーストー”
  • Japanese: “バーストゥ”
  • Japanese: “バーストウ”
  • Korean: “바스토”
  • Ladin: “Barstow”
  • Malagasy: “Barstow, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Barstow”
  • Malayalam: “ബാർസ്റ്റോവ്”
  • Mazanderani: “بارستو (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “بارستو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Barstow”
  • Navajo: “Báshdo”
  • Newari: “बारस्टो (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “बारस्टो, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “बारस्टो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barstow”
  • Norwegian: “Barstow”
  • Pampanga: “Barstow, California”
  • Pampanga: “Barstow”
  • Persian: “بارستو، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “بارستو”
  • Polish: “Barstow”
  • Portuguese: “Barstow”
  • Russian: “Барстоу”
  • Serbian: “Barstou”
  • Serbian: “Barstow”
  • Serbian: “Барстоу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barstow, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barstow”
  • Slovak: “Barstow”
  • Slovenian: “Barstow”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارزتوو، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Barstow (California)”
  • Spanish: “Barstow”
  • Swedish: “Barstow, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Barstow”
  • Tagalog: “Barstow, California”
  • Tagalog: “Barstow”
  • Talysh: “Barstou”
  • Tatar: “Барстоу”
  • Turkish: “Barstow, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Barstow”
  • Ukrainian: “Барстоу”
  • Urdu: “بارسٹو، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Barstow”
  • Uzbek: “Барстоw”
  • Volapük: “Barstow”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Barstow, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Barstow”

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