Boron is a hinterland community on the western edge of the Mojave Desert. Within a half day's drive one can view the highest and lowest points in the contiguous 48 states of the United States (Mount Whitney and Death Valley), the world's oldest tree (the Bristlecone Pine), and the cities of both Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Boron is home to California's largest open-pit mine, which is also the largest borax mine in the world.
Kramer Junction (also known as "Four Corners") is a small community in the Mojave Desert at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 58. Solar Energy Generating Systems sites SEGS III-VII are located less than a mile to the northwest. The United States Air Force once maintained a communications relay station East of Kramer Junction at Hawes airfield known as the Hawes Radio Tower that had an antenna tower in excess of 1,200 feet tall. This tower was removed in the 1980s.
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