Barstow is the main and midway city stopping point for those traveling to/from Southern California cities and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tour Death Valley
This park preserve some of the most extreme terrain in the Western Hemisphere.
Over 3.3 million acres of scenic desert landscape, flora, fauna, wildlife and much more.
Rainbow Basin National Natural Landmark
8 mile north of Barstow via SR-58 on Irwin Rd, then Fossil Bed Rd; (760) 252-6000;
Rock walls in shades of red, brown, green and white hold fossils and minerals over millions of years old.
Four mile loop tour features views of scenic rock formations.
Mojave River Valley Museum
270 E. Virginia Way, Barstow, California; (760) 256-5452;
Museum Website;
Open: Daily 11AM-4PM; Free Admission;
Exhibits portray the history of the Mojave River Valley from the arrival of Father Garces in 1776 on through pathfinders, pioneers, miners and the present space program.
Actual artifacts from the famous Calico Early Man site are on display. Other displays include 19th century mining, gemstones & minerals, railroads, automotive,
local history including the first radio station on the high desert, and the famed "headless horseman" found in the desert in 1965.
Barstow Station
1611 E. Main St., Barstow, California, USA; (760) 256-0366;
Station Website;
Located at the Junction of Old Route 66 and Interstate 15.
Popular road stop for Route 66 travelors with its own full service bakery & deli, candy counter, ice cream shop, souvenirs,
and gifts, Barstow Station visitors will want for nothing. There's even a McDonald's and Taco Bell Express if fast food is what you're craving.
New Barstow Station Cinema
1503 East Main Street, Barstow, CA 92311; (760) 256-3456;
Skyline Drive Inn
31175 Us Highway 58, Barstow, CA 92311; (760) 256-3333;
Mojave Airport Storage Lot
Mojave Airport,
A giant parking lot of over 750 giant commercial aircraft in deep storage.
Most are mothballed, waiting to be returned to service, while the older craft are waiting to be
crunched into beverage cans. Jets include Boeing 747s and 777s and Airbus A320s located alongside a 50,000 foot runway,
one of the longest in the world.
Fort Irwin National Training Center
Fort Irwin Website
Military base located northeast of Barstow and encompasses nearly 260,000 hectares.
It is used as the United States Army’s center for desert training where training operations at the base
include large-scale ground maneuvers with tanks and wheeled vehicles, as well as live-fire and military training activities.
Peggy Sue's Nifty 50's Diner
Near Yermo, east of Barstow along old Route 66.
Patrons enter through a replica of a jukebox.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Yards
Barstow is major fueling, service center and hump switch center for this major continental rail network
NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Network
Goldstone, CA; Goldstone Website;
70 Meter radio antenna dish. DSN is an international network of antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the solar system and the universe. The network also supports selected Earth-orbiting missions.
Borax Visitor Center
14485 Borax Rd. Boron, CA; (760) 762-7588;
Open: Daily 9AM-5PM (Exc: Major Holidays); Admission: $2 per vehicle;
Exhibits describe the role of mining and minerals in everyday life. Six features include:
Mining, Processing, Distributions, Uses, Responsibility and Heritage.
Twenty Mule Team Museum
26962 Twenty Mule Team Rd, Boron, CA; (760) 762-5810;
Open: Daily 10AM-4PM (Exc: Major Holidays); Free Admission
Located on a former borax mine campsite. Museum includes F-4 jet fighter and exhibits on local area history
including the borax mines, mule teams and Edwards AFB and NASA. Also on the grounds are early mining equipment
and an early 20th century railroad depot.
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