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The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base. The base covers a total area of 1,102 square miles. It was a census-designated place (CDP) officially known as Twentynine Palms Base located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County ...
The Morongo Basin is located within the Mojave Desert and in the High Desert region of Southern California. The area's elevation can range from 1,950 feet (590 m) in Twentynine Palms, to 3,000 feet (910 m) in Yucca Valley. [citation needed] The higher sections of Joshua Tree National Park are within the basin.
East of Twentynine Palms, there is a sign warning drivers that there are no services for 100 miles (160 km) until reaching Vidal Junction where SR 62 meets US 95. This is one of the most desolate stretches of highway in California, and consequently, the most heavily traveled portion is between I-10 and Twentynine Palms.
Yucca Valley has two major means of highway access; California State Route 62 (Twentynine Palms Highway) runs east–west and is the main thoroughfare through town and terminates at the south end at Interstate 10 and Parker Dam on the Arizona border at the east end.
A typical sunrise in Landers, California looking east by southeast toward Joshua Tree, California Landers lies in the Homestead Valley of the southeastern Mojave Desert. The nominal elevation of the community is 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level; its highest point is the top of Goat Mountain that rises 625 feet above the surrounding area.
The band Sublime mentioned Twentynine Palms in their song "Thanx" on their 40oz. to Freedom album. Twentynine Palms is also a city listed in "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" on their self-titled album Sublime. [42] Track two of the album Places by Brad Mehldau, released in 2000, is named after the city. [43]
A U.S. Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms lifted a lockdown order Monday after military police confirmed "a weapon was inadvertently discharged."
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