Johnson Valley is a small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County in Southern California between the Victor Valley and Morongo Basin areas of the High Desert region of California. It is located north of Highway 247 in the Mojave Desert, and north by northwest of Yucca Valley. It is bordered by the San Bernardino Mountains to the south, Lucerne Valley to the west, and Landers to the east.Geographically, Johnson Valley is the East Portion of Lucerne Valley (referring to the geographical valley formation rather than the unincorporated town), opening up to the Homestead Valley in the Southeast to the communities of Flamingo Heights, Landers and Yucca Valley.PopulationDefined as a ZCTA, the combined population of Landers plus Johnson Valley is approximately 2,200 residents as of 2013.Points of interestJohnson Valley, famous for the Chemihuevi Native Indian "Willie Boy" incident in 1909, is home to historical desert areas such as Rock Corral and a number of indigenous petroglyphic sites in the northernmost areas of Chaparral Desert landscapes south of Pisgah Crater. Johnson Valley is bordered by Landers, California to its South, and is the gateway to Big Bear Lake, California to its southwest.
