Rt. 58 from Bakersfield to Barstow CA

SAR Tracker wrote:
Watch speed entering Mojave. It must be a training center for CHP, because they'll get 'ya for any little thing.

Highway 58 now bypasses Mohave. If you want to end up in Mohave, you need to take highway 14 south to get into town. There is a 4 lane (2 each way) bypass about 2 miles north of the airport, north of Mohave. This allows you to take a 4 lane road most of the way from Bakersfield to about 10 miles east of Mohave.

You can see it on Google.map.com You can also check elevations on Google.map and then click on "Terrain" and it will change to a topographical map.

There is a short 2 lane section of highway. But between Mohave and Barstow there is no hills at all. The climb from Bakersfield to the top of the mountain is not bad. Much less steep than the Grapevine, and to a lower elevation as it crosses the hill, I think it is max 5% grade and max 3,500' elevation. I think that the grapevine is around 4,500' elevation. .

Fred.