Branch Memorial Park
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memorial, park
Located near South Base off Lancaster Boulevard, features picnic as well as Branch Pond (pond is currently closed). Branch Memorial Park was dedicated May 24, 1968, in honor of Major General Irving Lewis "Twig" Branch, AFFTC Commander, who was killed when his T-38 crashed into Puget Sound Washington, January 1966. General Branch had served as commander of the AFFTC since July 29, 1961. Construction of this "Oasis in the desert" was made possible by the donations by Edwards AFB personnel, as well as contributions from individuals and businesses throughout the Antelope Valley. (Edwards AFB Then and Now 2001)
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Coordinates: 34°49'27"N 117°55'22"W
- Angeles National Forest 63 km
- Red Rock Canyon State Park 65 km
- Grass Valley Wilderness Area 76 km
- Rodman Mountains Wilderness 115 km
- Mojave National Preserve 176 km
- Clipper Mountain Wilderness Area 221 km
- Cadiz Dunes Wilderness, CA 230 km
- Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 232 km
- Death Valley National Park 253 km
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 266 km
- Edwards Air Force Base 11 km
- Rogers Dry Lake 12 km
- Farm 13 km
- Rosamond Dry Lake 13 km
- Edwards AFB Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA) 23 km
- Irrigated Fields 25 km
- Lake Los Angeles, California 25 km
- Palmdale Regional Airport/United States Air Force Plant 42 27 km
- San Andreas Fault (Zone) 57 km
- Los Angeles County, California 71 km