Baker is a census-designated place located in San Bernardino County, California, US. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 735. Baker's ZIP Code is 92309 and the community is within area codes 442 and 760.
Aerial view of Baker looking north: I-15 jogs south around the town, leaving Baker Boulevard, the main street, to show where the pre-interstate highway (US 91 and US 466) went. Baker Airport sits just north of the city alongside northbound CA 127, the "Death Valley Road".
View of Baker from the east on I-15
"World's tallest thermometer", in November 2003 in Baker, California
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad was a former class II railroad that served eastern California and southwestern Nevada.
Francis Marion Smith, owner and head of Pacific Coast Borax and the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, until 1914
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad route 1931
Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad 1908 northern section
Southern portion of route in 1908