# Clipper Valley

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{{Short description|Alluvial plain in California, United States}}
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'''Clipper Valley''' is a vast, oval-shaped [alluvial plain](/source/alluvial_plain) located in the eastern [Mojave Desert](/source/Mojave_Desert), in [San Bernardino County, California](/source/San_Bernardino_County%2C_California), in the south of the [Mojave National Preserve](/source/Mojave_National_Preserve). [Interstate 40](/source/Interstate_40_in_California) passes the valley along its southern border, and [Needles, California](/source/Needles%2C_California) and the [Colorado River](/source/Colorado_River)  are to the east.

==Geography==
The Valley is north of the [Clipper Mountains](/source/Clipper_Mountains), southeast of the [Providence Mountains](/source/Providence_Mountains), and northwest of the [Sacramento Mountains](/source/Sacramento_Mountains_(California)). Covering over {{convert|400|sqmi|km2}}, the valley is large enough to hold most of greater [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles). It has two prominent geologic features, the largest being the Blind Hills, a heavily eroded, flat-topped outcropping of rocky hills, and Halfway Hill, located near the center of the valley.
 
Only two small roads actually cross the valley, a small dirt road called Vulcan Mine Road, and a largely abandoned stretch of the [National Old Trails Road](/source/National_Old_Trails_Road) and historic [U.S. Route 66](/source/U.S._Route_66_in_California).

==History==
The valley was part of the homeland of the [Mojave people](/source/Mojave_people) for thousands of years. The region has been the site of numerous mining operations, particularly during the 1840s [Gold Rush](/source/Gold_Rush).

The [Clipper Mountain Wilderness](/source/Clipper_Mountain_Wilderness) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100621064428/http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/clipper_mountain.html Area] is nearby in the northern [Clipper Mountains](/source/Clipper_Mountains).<ref>http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/clipper_mountain.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621064428/http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/clipper_mountain.html |date=2010-06-21 }} Clipper Mountain Wilderness Area . accessed 6/22/2010</ref>

==See also==
*[Category: Valleys of the Mojave Desert](/source/%3ACategory%3AValleys_of_the_Mojave_Desert)
*[Category: Protected areas of San Bernardino County, California](/source/%3ACategory%3AProtected_areas_of_San_Bernardino_County%2C_California)

==References==
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Category:Mojave National Preserve
Category:Valleys of the Mojave Desert
Category:Valleys of San Bernardino County, California
Category:Valleys of California

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