The Panamint Valley is a long valley located east of the Argus Range and Slate Range, and west of the Panamint Range in eastern California, USA. The northern end of the valley is in Death Valley National Park. The valley lies in a north-south direction, and stretches from the Panamint Dunes in the north to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in San Bernardino County in the south. The valley is approximately 65 miles in length, and is more than 10 miles wide in the Hall Canyon area. The ghost town of Ballarat is located in the Panamint Valley about three miles east of Trona Road, near Happy Canyon. Argus Range, near Searles Dry Lake, Mojave Desert, California The Argus Range is a mountain range located in eastern California, southeast of the town of Darwin, between the Coso Range and the Panamint Valley. ... Categories: US geography stubs | California mountains | Great Basin | Death Valley ... State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... Death Valley National Park is a mostly arid National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, USA with a small section extending into Nevada. ... NASA satellite photo showing the main runways at NAWS China Lake The Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) is an airborne weapons testing and training range operated by the United States Navy and its contractors. ... San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States by area, containing more land than 9 states. ... Ballarat is a ghost town that was born in 1896 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamints. ...

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• Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas, pgs. 87, 88 & 95, Benchmark Maps. ISBN 0929591801.