Red Mountain California Map

About Red Mountain, California

Red Mountain is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Red Mountain is located at 35.3583°N, 117.6167°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93558.

Red Mountain rises from the Mojave Desert floor, a stark sentinel against an impossibly wide sky. It lies 18.5 miles south of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 171°T), and is situated 26.3 miles north-east of California City. Its slopes are a study in ochre and rust, a palette scraped by wind and sun, where hardy creosote bushes cling to the parched earth and the occasional cholla cactus stands like a bristled sentinel. The air here carries a dry, mineral tang, a scent of ancient stone and endless expanse, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind through sparse, tough grasses and the distant, mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. The land is unforgiving, yet possesses a raw, elemental beauty, a grandeur found in its vastness and the subtle shifts of light that paint its contours in ever-changing hues from dawn's pale blush to dusk's fiery embrace. The history of Red Mountain is etched in the very dust that blows across its barren plains, a legacy of prospectors who once scoured its veins for precious metals, their hopes and hardships now as faded as the rusting relics of their endeavors. Though the boom days are long past, a quiet resilience defines the spirit of Red Mountain. The local economy, once driven by the earth's buried treasures, now finds its footing in the hardy agriculture that can coax sustenance from this arid land, and in the steady, unhurried rhythm of those who have chosen to call this starkly beautiful place home. A distinctive character is found in the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a quiet fortitude forged in the crucible of the desert, and in the vast, unpopulated vistas that stretch to the horizon, a constant reminder of the wild, untamed heart of this land.

About This Red Mountain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Mountain, California — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 35.358297, -117.616726. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Red Mountain and San Bernardino County.

Detailed location data for Red Mountain includes the ZIP code (93558), telephone area code (760), county seat of San Bernardino County (San Bernardino), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Red Mountain is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.