Baker California

Baker is very small a unincorporated rural community located in San Bernardino County, California. The total population is under 3000. It is located off I-15 on the way to Las Vegas.

In Baker, there is one main street Baker Boulevard and if you stop there you can't miss it. The town's promary business is a rest stop for travelers on the I-15 freeway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the last town for those traveling on CA-127 north to Death Valley National Park or south to the Mojave National Preserve. Need help stop at the Baker Desert Information Center is operated by the National Park Service..

The town's most well know artifact is the 134-foot thermometer that can be seen for miles as you come down the I-15. It was ericted to celebrate the hottest temperature ever recorded in the USA. In 1913, the temperature measured in nearby Death Valley was 134°F. Other know places are the home of the original Bun Boy restaurant and of the "World Famous" Mad Greek Cafe.

Railroads played a big part of our history and so Baker was named after R.C. Baker who was president of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad in 1908.