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