Welcome to Barstow

Barstow (pop: 22,613) is exactly midway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas (150 miles distance to each city).

Several major highways including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 converge in the city. It is the site of a large rail classification yard, belonging to the BNSF Railway. The Union Pacific Railroad also runs through town on trackage rights on BNSF's main line to Daggett 10 miles (16 km) east, where it heads to Salt Lake City, then the BNSF heads to Chicago.

Barstow Rodeway Inn
2006 newly renovated two story hotel. Guests will find almost all non-smoking rooms, heated pool, free continental breakfast, vending area and free wireless high-speed Internet access.

Barstow Ramada Inn
Full service California Desert Vacation Resort Hotel with refreshing outdoor pool, spa, 3 restaurants, High Speed Internet, and Cable-TV. This Ramada Inn provides exceptional value for your stay.

Local Attractions:
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The Casa Del Desierto, built in 1911 as a Harvey House hotel and train station, now houses the Route 66 Mother Road Museum, the Western America Rail Museum and still functions as an (unstaffed) Amtrak station. The Barstow Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual sandcastle contest in the dry riverbed across from the Harvey House.
Barstow is home to many museums: Mojave River Valley Museum, Route 66 Mother Road Museum, the Western America Rail Museum, and the Desert Discovery Center. Once a year a family opens their Black History collection to the public and nearby Fort Irwin is home to the 11 Cavalry and ACR Museum
Skyline Drive-In is one of the last operating drive-in theatres in San Bernardino County. It has two screens which both show two movies a night.
The fast-food restaurant Del Taco was founded in Nearby Yermo and the oldest franchise is on 401 N. First Street.
The mural on the Mormon Trail Building at 201 N 1st Avenue, part of a walking tour of downtown Barstow.
Barstow has a growing number of murals depicting the history of the area in the downtown area.
Lava tubes, huge caves in lava from nearby volcanoes, offer spelunking opportunities.
Barstow is home to the Barstow Riffians, a developmental semi-professional football team. The Barstow Riffians are members of the UFAL. (www.hometeamsonline.com/barstowriffians)

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.

Barstow Civic Groups:

Barstow Chamber of Commerce
City of Barstow California
Barstow Unified School District -
Barstow Gun Club
Barstow Rotary Club
Barstow Kiwanis Club