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El Mirage Lake is a dry lake bed in the northwestern Victor Valley of the central Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. The lake is located about 9 miles (14 km) west-northwest of the town of Adelanto and 10 mi (16 km) north of Highway 18 in San Bernardino County .
El Mirage (corruption of El Miraje, Spanish for "The Mirage") is an unincorporated community in the western Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. El Mirage is next to the El Mirage Lake , a dry lake bed, and 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northwest of Adelanto .
The Mirage Auxiliary Airfield was built in triangle shape with four paved runways. Mirage Auxiliary Airfield was built on a dry lake bed to train pilots in take off and landing. Surrounded by the dry lake was ideal for the training of Waco CG-4 glider pilots. Gliders were taken off by the Douglas C-47 Skytrain Cargo aircraft.
El Mirage may refer to: El Mirage, Arizona, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States; El Mirage Dry Lake, a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert, California, United States; El Mirage, the fifth solo album by Jimmy Webb; El Mirage, California, an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States
Adelanto is in the Victor Valley of the south-central Mojave Desert, north of the Cajon Pass and San Bernardino Valley. [16]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 56.0 square miles (145 km 2). 56.0 square miles (145 km 2) of it is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km 2) of it (0.03%) is water.
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The north end of the valley contains a large salt pan, or dry lake, Dry Lake or Eldorado Playa, while the southern two thirds drains northwards. [1] U.S. Route 95 traverses eastern portions of the valley, and climbs steeply to meet U.S. Route 93, connecting Boulder City to Henderson.