Victorville sits in the Mojave Desert where old Route 66 still shapes the town. The California Route 66 Museum preserves signs, photographs, and roadside stories from the highway era, and the surrounding high desert gives the city wide skies and clear light. Mojave Narrows Regional Park offers lakes, trails, and picnic areas along the Mojave River, a green break in dry country. The former George Air Force Base, now Southern California Logistics Airport, recalls a long military chapter in local history and still shapes jobs around the city.