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Slab City is located on roughly 640 acres (260 hectares) of public land, [9] near the east shore of the Salton Sea.It is 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, 169 mi (272 km) southeast of Los Angeles and about 50 mi (80 km) from Mexico. [10]
Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight (1931–2014) in the California Desert area of Imperial County, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland, near the Slab City squatter/art commune, [ 1] and several miles from the Salton Sea . The artwork is made of adobe bricks, discarded tires and ...
Niland (formerly Old Beach, [ 2] Imperial Junction, [ 2] and Hobgood[ 3]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. The town is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Calipatria, [ 3] 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the Salton Sea. The population was 1,006 at the 2010 census, down from 1,143 in 2000.
Slab City, California. Once a U.S. Marine Corps base, this squatter's paradise in Southern California's desert is now home to artists, snowbirds, counterculturists, and other individuals who don't ...
Calipatria, California. Location of Calipatria in Imperial County, California. / 33.12556°N 115.51417°W / 33.12556; -115.51417. Calipatria Post Office. Calipatria ( portmanteau of California and Patria, Spanish for "homeland") is a city in Imperial County, California. Calipatria is located 23 miles (37 km) north of El Centro. [4]
Cambria. / 35.55417°N 121.08750°W / 35.55417; -121.08750. Cambria ( / ˈkæmbriə /) is a seaside village in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles along California State Route 1 (Highway 1). The name Cambria, chosen in 1869, is the Latin name for Wales.
Bombay Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. It is located on the Salton Sea, 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Frink [3] and is the lowest community in the United States, located 223 feet (68 m) below sea level. [4] The population was 231 at the 2020 census, down from 295 in 2010, down from ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. ... City and County of San Francisco: 1956: ... Slab and buttress: 16 4.9: 10,300 [c] 12,700