Tag: Yucca Valley
Yucca Valley is an incorporated town located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 at the 2010 census. Yucca Valley lies 17 miles (27 km) west of Twentynine Palms, 37 miles (60 km) north of Palm Springs, 89 miles (143 km) south of Barstow via State Route 247, 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Lucerne Valley and 55 miles (89 km) east of San Bernardino.
Bordered in the west by the San Bernardino Mountains and in the south by the Joshua Tree National Park, the Yucca Valley community is located in the Mojave Desert at roughly 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above sea level.
Yucca Valley is governed by a town council whose mayor as of 2011 is George Huntington. Other Town Council members are Isaac Hagerman, Dawn Rowe, Merl Abel and Robert Lombardo. Yucca Valley contracts its police and public safety services from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Fire suppression and ambulance services are provided by the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
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