High Desert (California)

For instance, Palm Springs, at 500 feet (150 m) above sea level, is considered "Low Desert"; in contrast, Landers at 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level, is considered "High Desert".

The region extends as far west as Lancaster, as far southwest as Palmdale, and north to the Barstow desert.

[3][4] The term "High Desert" is also erroneously used to refer to the communities north and west of Joshua Tree National Park—Twentynine Palms and the Morongo Basin (Yucca Valley), which are actually in an area called the Hi-Desert.

The area was even proposed to become a new county due to cultural, economic and geographic differences relative to the rest of the more urban region.

[11] The Barstow area, to the northeast of the Victor Valley, and the Morongo Basin near Joshua Tree National Park both have populations of around 60,000.