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Stop by JoBurg to see the sights or just stretch them legs. Located on Highway 395, in the Rand Mining area, these local desert towns were indeed named after South African places. Check out 'boot hill' cemetery for the Burro Schmidt crew.

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johannesburg, California

elevation: 3570'
population: 165
zip code: 93528

Desert

desert
terrain:
High desert with active mining


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Johannesburg

location:
Kern County
South of Ridgecrest
on Hwy 395

lodging

Johannesburg
lodging

recreation

recreation:

  • antique shops
  • back roads
  • Fossil Falls
  • old mines
  • mountain biking
  • ghost towns
    •  parks, forests, rivers & lakes

    parks, forests, rivers & lakes:

  • Death Valley National Park
  • Trona Pinnacles
  • Sequoia National Forest
  • Red Rock Canyon State Park
  • Spangler Hills OHV
  • Randsburg OHV Trails
  • Panamint Valley Camping
  • El Paso Mountains
    •
    campgrounds

    johannesburg campgrounds

    Lone Pine Campground
    Spangler Hills OHV
    Mojave Desert OHV Camping

    tent camping

    description:
    Blink & miss it kinda town. Located along deserted Hwy.395 in a rustic mining area in the high desert. Locals sometimes call it Jo-burg. Or "the burg" referring to either this place & nearby Randsburg, or both. Great back country camping spots can be found throughout the Ridgecrest deserts.

    nearby towns
    nearby towns:
    Randsburg [Ghost Town]
    Mojave
    Olancha
    Panamint Springs
    Red Mountain
    Trona
    local links
    local links:

    Skidoo Story
    Randsburg - The Living Ghost Town
    Mojave Desert - Highway 395

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