About the Area

The Morongo Basin, located in the south of Southern California's San Bernardino County, consists of several communities: Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms, Morongo Valley, Landers and Pioneertown. All areas are linked together by a similar community spiri and a love of our unique high-desert climate that we all call home.

The Town of Yucca Valley is the center of it all, and was recently named one of the top ten best places to retire by U.S. News and World Report! They cited the area's famous starry night skies, the temperate climate and its reasonably priced housing market; one of the last remaining in California! With a population of about 25,000 and only a 30 minute drive south to famous Palm Springs, Yucca Valley is a small town just beginning to really grow. The last few years has seen enormous strides in development and growth, but Yucca Valley remains its old self with its signature small town feel. In Yucca Valley, there has never been a better time to purchase your own little piece of our desert haven. Yucca Valley, originally known as Warren's Well back when it was originally settled in the late 19th century, played a part in the famous story of the manhunt for Chemehuevi Indian "Willie Boy" in 1909.

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The village of Joshua Tree, named for it's famous Joshua Tree National Park, is a small, unincorporated town directly east of Yucca Valley, and is the artistic and musical center of the Morongo Basin. Rock climbing enthusiasts from all over the world can be seen passing through on their way to climb the famous rock formations in the National park. One can attend theatrical productions at the High-Desert Playhouse, catch a local band at Crossroads Cafe, or sit back with an espresso and listen to a spoken word or poetry reading at the Beatnik Cafe.

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The City of Twentynine Palms lies further to the east of Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley, and is home to the world's largest Marine Base: the Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center: Twentynine Palms. It is located approximately halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. The town was named for the palm trees growing at the Oasis of Mara when the area was settled in the late 19th century. Most of those palm trees are still standing today! Known for its Marine Base, extreme temperatures, the story of Willie Boy as well as numerous pop culture references in songs and movies by artists varying from Sublime to Frank Sinatra, 29 Palms is a high desert city icon. Soon to be home to the NuWu Casino, 29 Palms is on the verge of a housing and development boom, and already we are seeing investors from all areas flock to 29 Palms to take advantage of the affordable housing and land!

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Pioneertown is a small, unincorperated town just southeast of Yucca Valley. The town started as a live-in Old West motion picture set, built in the 1940s. A number of Westerns and early television shows were filmed in Pioneertown, including The Cisco Kid. Roy Rodgers was one of the original developers, and Gene Autry frequently taped his show at the six-lane bowling alley, opened by Rogers in 1949, and still in operation today. School-age children were hired as pinsetters until the installation of automatic pinsetting equipment in the 1950s. Autry also had his own room at the Pioneertown Motel, today a Western-themed establishment with individually decorated rooms. ioneertown's facade has an exceptionally realistic look, right down to actual bullet holes in the signage and functional hitching posts for horses used in filming.

Mock gunfights are staged from April through October along Pioneertown's "Mane Street". By contrast, the town as well as the surrounding desert towns are home to a series of experimental art installations. Having recently survived the Sawtooth Complex fire in 2006, Pioneertown continues to rebuild and flourish after the fire damage to its surrounding desert landscape. Saved from the blaze was famous Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace, a local club and landmark which counts notable musicians as regulars, among the Eric Burdon and Robert Plant.

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Other, smaller Morongo Basin communities such as Landers or Morongo Valley have less history but just as much charm as the larger towns in the area. Choose the best local for you! Are you looking for a secluded rural desert paradise estate, a home in a high desert housing tract close to schools and downtown shopping districts? All of that and so much more are available to residents of the High Desert, come let us show you our starry skies, wide open spaces, landscapes verdant with Yucca plants and Joshua Trees and our breathtaking, unreal desert sunsets.