Valley Wells, California

Coordinates: 35°51′25″N 117°20′54″W / 35.85694°N 117.34833°W

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Valley Wells
census-designated place
Location in Inyo County and the state of California
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Coordinates: 35°51′25″N 117°20′54″W / 35.85694°N 117.34833°W / 35.85694; -117.34833
Country	United States
State	California
County	Inyo County
Area ^[1]
• Total	10.737 sq mi (27.809 km²)
• Land	10.669 sq mi (27.632 km²)
• Water	0.068 sq mi (0.177 km²) 0.64%
Elevation ^[2]	2,234 ft (681 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/sq mi (0.0/km²)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	2408400^[2]

California Historical Landmark
Reference no.	443

Valley Wells is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California.^[2] Prior to 2010, for census purposes it was part of Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells CDP. The 2010 census reported that population was zero.^[3] The town is now registered as California Historical Landmark #443; in 1849, several groups of midwestern emigrants settled here to secure water from nearby Searles Lake.^[4]^[5]

The California Historical Landmark reads:

NO. 443 VALLEY WELLS - In this area, several groups of midwestern emigrants who had escaped from hazards and privations in Death Valley in 1849 sought to secure water from Searles Lake. They turned northward and westward in despair when they discovered its salty nature, and with great difficulty crossed the Argus and other mountains to reach settlements of Central and Southern California. ^[6]

Recreation

Historically, the Valley Wells area was used as for aquatic recreation for the residents of Trona, California.^[7]

Valley Wells is the home of the Trona Golf course on Valley Wells Road.^[8]

Valley Wells is also the home of the Valley Wells Recreation Area, which is maintained by Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society, but owned by Searles Valley Minerals, Inc.^[9]

References

^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places - California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Valley Wells, California
^ "2010 Census P.L. 94-171 Summary File Data". United States Census Bureau.
^ "Valley Wells". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
^ nps.gov The Lost '49ers
^ californiahistoricallandmarks.com # 443
^ Launer, Don (January 21, 2013). "Valley Wells in 1950s | Trona on the Web". www.trona-ca.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
^ "Trona Golf Course". GolfLink. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
^ "Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society GEM-O-RAMA Camping at Valley Wells Recreation Area". www1.iwvisp.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California, United States
County seat: Independence
City	Bishop	Inyo County map
CDPs	Big Pine Cartago Charleston View Darwin Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek Furnace Creek Homewood Canyon Independence Keeler Lone Pine Mesa Olancha Pearsonville Round Valley Shoshone Tecopa Trona Valley Wells West Bishop Wilkerson
Unincorporated communities	Alabama Hills Aspendell Badwater Ballarat Coso Junction Crater Death Valley Junction Deep Springs Dolomite Dunmovin Fish Springs Grant Haiwee Harrisburg Indian Village Kearsarge Laws Millspaugh Owenyo Panamint Springs Park Village Poleta Rovana Ryan Stovepipe Wells Sandy Valley Zurich
Indian reservations	Big Pine Reservation Bishop Paiute Reservation Fort Independence Reservation Lone Pine Reservation Timbisha Shoshone Reservation
Ghost towns	Bend City Beveridge Burnt Wagons Cerro Gordo Chloride City Chrysopolis Coso Echo Greenwater Gerstley Kearsarge Leadfield Lee Lila C Lookout City Manzanar Narka Noonday Camp Owensville Panamint City Reilly Reward Roachville San Carlos Schwaub Sodan Sunland Swansea White Mountain City
Other	Coso County, California
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