Yermo California Map

About Yermo, California

Yermo is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 623. The population density is 370.6 people per km². Yermo is located at 34.9050°N, 116.8203°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92398.

Yermo occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse of high desert where the horizon stretches thin and taut against an unrelenting sky. It lies 11.5 miles east of Barstow, CA (from Barstow, CA: bearing 88°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northwest of Newberry Springs. The landscape around Yermo is defined by the shifting, arid textures of the Mojave River, which carves a shallow, sandy path through the basin, and the rugged, weathered outlines of the Green Ash Hills that rise to the north. Light here possesses a crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of every creosote bush and stone, while the heat shimmers above the ground in a way that makes the distant ridges seem to pulse. To the west, the arid terrain of Mule Canyon offers a jagged contrast to the flat, sun-baked plains, and the nearby Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves a fragile, shifting world of dunes and specialized life that remains largely indifferent to the passage of time.

History in this region is marked by the iron pulse of the transcontinental rail line, which brought industry and a transient, purposeful energy to the desert floor. Yermo serves as a quiet witness to the legacy of the Old Spanish Trail and the subsequent expansion of westward travel, fostering an economy that has long looked toward the movement of goods and the needs of the weary traveler. While Dolores Lake remains a distant, quiet presence eight miles away, the daily rhythm of the locality is governed by the steady hum of commerce and the vast, open silence of the surrounding plains. The local character is hardened by the climate, reflecting a stoic endurance where the wind carries the dry scent of sage and the fine, pale dust of a land that asks little of its inhabitants beyond a quiet resilience.

About This Yermo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yermo, California. Coordinates: 34.904985, -116.820313. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Yermo includes the ZIP code (92398), telephone area code (909), county seat of San Bernardino County (San Bernardino), and school district assignment (Silver Valley Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.