Searles Valley

35°36′N 117°18′W / 35.6°N 117.3°W / 35.6; -117.3[1]

Searles Valley is a valley in the northern Mojave Desert of California, with the northern half in Inyo County and the southern half in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Searles Valley is located between the Argus Range to the west and the Slate Range to the east. Death Valley is to the northeast. The valley contains the landform features of Searles Lake and the Trona Pinnacles.

The valley was named after John Wemple Searles.[2]

  1. ^ "Searles Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ mojavedesert.net John W. Searles