Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley
A truck passes eastbound along Highway 58 through the Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley is located in California
Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley
Location in California
Area2,200 square miles (5,698 km2)
Geography
LocationCalifornia, United States
Population centersPalmdale and Lancaster
Borders onVictor Valley, Great Basin (east); San Gabriel Mountains (south); Tehachapis (northwest); Sierra Pelona Mountains (west)
Coordinates34°48′N 118°12′W / 34.8°N 118.2°W / 34.8; -118.2
Traversed byState Route 14, State Route 58, State Route 138

The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, and the southeast portion of California's Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert.[1] It is situated between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and the San Gabriel Mountains.[2] The valley was named for the pronghorns that roamed there until they were all eliminated in the 1880s, mostly by hunting, or resettled in other areas.[2][3] The principal cities in the Antelope Valley are Palmdale and Lancaster.

  1. ^ "Antelope Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b Dale Pitt (2000). "Antelope Valley". Los Angeles A to Z: an encyclopedia of the city and county. University of California Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-520-20530-7.
  3. ^ William Bright; Erwin Gustav Gudde (November 30, 1998). 1500 California place names: their origin and meaning. University of California Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8. Retrieved January 20, 2012.