Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California.

There is also a five-thousand-gallon "swimming pool" (in reality a reservoir to store water from the spring) made from cement and rock boulders towards the back of the property.

They constructed a small cabin and out building, with electricity provided by a windmill and generator, and drinking water from a nearby spring.

They wanted to prosecute the persons responsible for vandalism within Death Valley National Monument further north, unaware that they had a mass-murder suspect and his followers.

[citation needed] In 1971, Arlene Barker ceased to file reports with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the family's mining activity.

[citation needed] Today the remnants of the ranch belong to National Park Service.

[3] Due to a fire in May 2009, most of the main structure has been destroyed with only the concrete and rock portion of the cabin still standing.