Victor Valley

For the high school, see Victor Valley High School. For the college, see Victor Valley College. For the mall, see The Mall of Victor Valley.

The Victor Valley is a valley in the Mojave Desert and subregion of the Inland Empire, in San Bernardino County, Southern California.

It is located east of the Mojave's Antelope Valley, north of Cajon Pass, San Bernardino Valley, northeast of the San Gabriel Mountains, and northwest of the San Bernardino Mountains, and south of the Barstow area. The Mojave River flows northwards through the Victor Valley, primarily via underground aquifers.

Geography

Cities and towns

The Victor Valley contains four incorporated cities. The largest is Victorville. The rural desert valley region also has 15 unincorporated communities.

The Victor Valley has an estimated population of 390,000. The densest population is within a 10 miles (16 km) radius surrounding Victorville. The total population of the Victor Valley is similar to the City of Oakland in northern California.

Over 100,000 population

Victorville (population 121,096)

Over 50,000 population

Hesperia (population 92,147)
Apple Valley (population 70,924)

Over 20,000 population

Adelanto (population 31,765)

Under 20,000 population

Baldy Mesa
Bell Mountain
Bryman
El Mirage
Helendale
La Delta
Lucerne Valley — separate geographic valley to east, part of 'cultural/economic' Victor Valley area.
Mojave Heights
Mountain View Acres
Oak Hills
Oro Grande
Phelan
Pinon Hills
Silver Lakes
Spring Valley Lake — neighborhood in Victorville.

Transportation

The Victor Valley Transportation Center is an intermodal transit center in Victorville, that is served by Amtrak, Greyhound, the Victor Valley Transit Authority and military shuttles to Fort Irwin. The center also serves as a Park and Ride facility for carpooling commuters.

Air

Victorville Airport (Southern California Logistics Airport), charter and general aviation, no commercial passenger services.

Rail transport

Amtrak serves Victorville and Barstow with once-daily trips on the Southwest Chief, and connecting Amtrak California Thruway bus service several times daily.

Road transport

Interstate 15 — primary freeway through the Victor Valley.
U.S. Route 395
Historic U.S. Route 66
California State Route 18 — Rim of the World Highway
California State Route 138 — Pearblossom Highway

Public transportation

Public transportation, provided by the Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA), serves most of cities and communities of the Victor Valley area. VVTA offers subsidized tickets for Greyhound Line busses to Barstow and San Bernardino. The Barstow Area Transit serves Barstow and its surrounding communities to the north. The two transit systems connect via the B-V Link service.

The interstate Greyhound Lines transport system busses stops at the Victor Valley Transportation Center.

Government

Political representation includes:

Education

Attractions

Victor Valley Museum and Art Gallery — in Apple Valley. ^[1]
The California Route 66 Museum — in Victorville.
Mojave Narrows Regional Park — at the surfacing of the Mojave River, in Victorville.
The Mall of Victor Valley
Victor Valley Memorial Park — in Victorville. ^[2]^[3]^[4] Notable buriainclude Nolie Murray, founder of Murray's Dude Ranch,^[5] and golfer Lloyd Mangrum.^[6]
Hulaville Forest, site of former folk art environment.

Nearby summer/winter recreation

San Gabriel Mountains + Angeles National Forest, including Wrightwood area.
San Bernardino Mountains + San Bernardino National Forest.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Victor Valley.

External links

Victorvalleyca.com: Victor Valley, California website

Inland Empire

Counties	Riverside San Bernardino

Major cities	Riverside San Bernardino

Cities and towns 100k+	Corona Fontana Moreno Valley Murrieta Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Temecula Victorville

Cities and towns 25k–100k	Apple Valley Banning Beaumont Cathedral City Chino Chino Hills Coachella Colton Desert Hot Springs Eastvale Hemet Hesperia Highland Indio Jurupa Valley Lake Elsinore Menifee Montclair Norco Palm Desert Palm Springs Perris Redlands Rialto Rubidoux San Jacinto Twentynine Palms Upland Valle Vista Wildomar Yucaipa

Cities and towns 10k–25k	Adelanto Barstow Big Bear City Bloomington Blythe Cabazon Canyon Lake Crestline Glen Avon Grand Terrace La Quinta Loma Linda Mira Loma Pedley Rancho Mirage Twentynine Palms Yucca Valley

Cities and towns under 10k	Big Bear Lake Calimesa Devore El Cerrito Oak Glen Highgrove Home Gardens Indian Wells Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Landers Mentone Muscoy Needles Romoland San Antonio Heights Sunnyslope Wrightwood Woodcrest

Regions	Coachella Valley Cucamonga Valley Elsinore Trough High Desert Morongo Basin Perris Plain Plains of Leon San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino Valley San Jacinto Mountains San Jacinto Valley Santa Ana Mountains Temescal Mountains Victor Valley

Municipalities and communities of San Bernardino County, California, United States

County seat: San Bernardino

Cities and towns	Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Big Bear Lake Chino Chino Hills Colton Fontana Grand Terrace Hesperia Highland Loma Linda Montclair Needles Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Twentynine Palms Upland Victorville Yucaipa Yucca Valley

CDPs	Baker Big Bear City Big River Bloomington Bluewater Crestline Fort Irwin Homestead Valley Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Lenwood Lucerne Valley Lytle Creek Mentone Morongo Valley Mountain View Acres Muscoy Oak Glen Oak Hills Phelan Piñon Hills Running Springs San Antonio Heights Searles Valley Silver Lakes Spring Valley Lake Wrightwood

Unincorporated communities	Afton Amboy Angelus Oaks Argus Arrowbear Lake Arrowhead Farms Baldy Mesa Bell Mountain Blue Jay Bryman Cadiz Cajon Junction Cedar Glen Cedarpines Park Cima Crafton Crest Park Cushenbury Daggett Danby Declezville Devore Earp El Mirage Essex Fawnskin Fenner Forest Falls Goffs Green Valley Lake Guasti Halloran Springs Havasu Lake Helendale Hinkley Hodge Ivanpah Johnson Valley Kramer Kramer Hills Kramer Junction La Delta Landers Ludlow Mojave Heights Mount Baldy Mountain Home Village Mountain Pass Newberry Springs Nipton Oro Grande Parker Dam Parker Junction Patton Pioneer Point Pioneertown Red Mountain Rimforest Skyforest Sugarloaf Sunfair Sunfair Heights Trona Twin Peaks Venus Vidal Vidal Junction Wild Crossing Yermo Zzyzx

Indian reservations	Chemehuevi Reservation Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Agua Mansa Atolia Bagdad Barnwell Beal Belleville Calico Chambless Chimehuevis Landing Crucero Hart Ivanpah Kelso Lanfair Milligan Olive City Pasinogna Politana Prado Providence Ragtown Rice Rincon Seventeen Mile Point Siberia Silver Lake Vanderbilt

Greater Los Angeles Area

Central city	Los Angeles

Counties	Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino Ventura

Satellite cities	Long Beach Riverside San Bernardino

Cities >200k	Anaheim Fontana Huntington Beach Irvine Long Beach Moreno Valley Oxnard Riverside San Bernardino Santa Ana

Cities and towns 100k−200k	Burbank Corona Costa Mesa Downey East Los Angeles El Monte Fontana Fullerton Garden Grove Glendale Huntington Beach Inglewood Lancaster Murrieta Norwalk Ontario Orange Palmdale Pasadena Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Santa Clarita Simi Valley Temecula Thousand Oaks Torrance Ventura Victorville West Covina

Area regions	Los Angeles metropolitan area Antelope Valley Central Los Angeles Coachella Valley Colorado Desert Conejo Valley Downtown Los Angeles East Los Angeles Gateway Cities Greater Hollywood Harbor Area Inland Empire Mojave Desert Northwest Los Angeles Palos Verdes Peninsula Pomona Valley San Bernardino Valley San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Valley Santa Ana Valley Santa Clarita Valley Simi Valley South Bay South Los Angeles Victor Valley Westside Los Angeles

Landforms	Los Angeles Basin Baldwin Hills (range) Catalina Island Channel Islands Chino Hills Hollywood Hills Oxnard Plain Palos Verdes Hills Puente Hills San Fernando Valley San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Valley San Jacinto Mountains Santa Ana Mountains Santa Monica Mountains Santa Susana Mountains Sierra Pelona Mountains Simi Hills Verdugo Mountains

Bodies of water	Los Angeles River Aliso Creek Arroyo Calabasas Arroyo Seco Ballona Creek Bell Creek Big Bear Lake Coyote Creek Lake Arrowhead Lake Gregory Lake Perris Lake Piru Los Angeles Aqueduct Malibu Creek Mojave River Pacific Ocean Pyramid Lake Rio Hondo San Gabriel River San Juan Creek San Pedro Bay Santa Ana River Santa Clara River Santa Margarita River Santa Monica Bay Tujunga Wash

Coordinates: 34°30′N 117°18′W / 34.5°N 117.3°W / 34.5; -117.3

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