THE TWENTYNINE PALMS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Mojave Basins setting.
Twentynine Palms city has 58.8 square miles of land in San Bernardino County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Mojave Basins, within Mojave Basin and Range.
Broad dry basins and scattered ranges define the Mojave landscape. Creosote scrub, yuccas and Joshua trees occur regionally, with different plant communities on alkali flats and higher mountains.
Regional context: Mojave Basin and Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Twentynine Palms and San Bernardino County
Twentynine Palms is associated with San Bernardino County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Twentynine Palms by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Twentynine Palms, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for San Bernardino County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Twentynine Palms city has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Joshua Tree CDP (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

