Pioneertown is an unincorporated community of the Morongo Basin region of the High Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is an 1880s-themed town developed as a shooting location for actors working on Western films and TV series with businesses and residences. The Mane Street Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The winding, 4-mile (6.4 km) drive northwest to Pioneertown from Yucca Valley has been designated a California Scenic Drive and the area is now surrounded by privately and federally protected lands.
Saloon, bank, bath house and livery stables on Mane Street, Pioneertown, CA
Pioneer Bowl
Sign at the entrance to the town on Pioneertown Road
Chapparosa Saddlery on Mane Street
High Desert is a vernacular region with non-discrete boundaries covering areas of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. The region encompasses various terrain with elevations generally between 2,000 and 4,000 ft above sea level, and is located just north of the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and Little San Bernardino Mountains.
The High Desert at sunset in Johnson Valley, along California State Route 247
Old Woman Springs Ridge in the high desert, Johnson Valley, California
Just after sunset, Landers, California
Sunset over the Mojave