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Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake [2] is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy. It is part of Navy Region Southwest [ 3 ] under Commander, Navy Installations Command , and was originally known as Naval Ordnance Test Station ( NOTS ).
China Lake is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. [1] It is located 2.5 miles (4 km) north-northeast of Ridgecrest , [ 2 ] at an elevation of 2,264 feet (690 m). [ 1 ] The place is on China Lake, a dry lake near the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake .
Walker Pass (elevation 5,250 ft (1.60 km)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WSW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the San Joaquin Valley on the west and the Mojave Desert on the east.
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The museum originated with single room at the Weapons Exhibit Center in 1955. The collection was expanded in 1963, but began to deteriorate ten years later due to the expansion of a lab. A man named Milt Burford began efforts to expand the collection again in 1989 and four years after that the China Lake Museum Foundation was established.
China Lake, Kern County, California, an unincorporated community named for a nearby dry lake; China Lake Acres, California, a census-designated place (CDP) China Lake (Maine), a pond in Kennebec County; China Lake, Sacramento, California former lake in the City of Sacramento
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The Coso Hot Springs lie within the boundaries of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake), near Little Lake, Inyo County, California and U.S. Route 395. They are near the Coso Mountains, north of Indian Wells Valley and south of the Owens Valley. The hot springs are part of the geothermal activity of the Coso Volcanic Field.