El Mirage, California Explained

Official Name:El Mirage, California
Pushpin Map:California#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:San Bernardino
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:2913
Coordinates:34.6022°N -117.6311°W
Area Code Type:Area codes
Area Code:442/760
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:252884

El Mirage (corruption of El Miraje, Spanish for "The Mirage") is an unincorporated community in the western Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California.

El Mirage is next to the El Mirage Lake, a dry lake bed, and 12.5miles northwest of Adelanto.

Climate

El Mirage has a hot desert climate (BS) typical of Southern California's interior with hot, dry summers and cool winters.

Education

El Mirage School, a K-8 Campus, is operated by neighboring Adelanto Elementary School District. Students in the upper grades attend High School in Victor Valley Union High School District, including Adelanto High School.

Filmings

The music video for “California Love” by Tupac Shakur was filmed in El Mirage in 1995. The music video for the song "Dilly" by Band of Horses was filmed in 2010 at Murphy's Bar and Grill, now permanently closed.[1] Billy Currington filmed his music video "I got a feelin'"in 2004 starring Gena Lee Nolin.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dilly (TV 2010) . IMDb.com, Inc. . 2010-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20101112174443/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764272/. November 12, 2010 . live.