Grand Central Rocket/Lockheed Propulsion Company Test Site (Beaumont, California)
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In the 1960s and early 1970s, the Grand Central Rocket Company, and later the Lockheed Propulsion Company (which purchased Grand Central Rocket) used this site in Potrero Canyon to test solid rocket propellant and motors, weapons, and ballistics. The site is now closed and in the process of being cleaned.
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Coordinates: 33°53'12"N 116°56'5"W
- Mojave National Preserve 191 km
- Kofa National Wildlife Refuge 251 km
- El Pinacate / Gran Desierto de Altar 252 km
- Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge 317 km
- Channel Islands National Park 326 km
- Pinacate 361 km
- The Grand Canyon (western section) 377 km
- Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument 409 km
- Grand Canyon National Park 424 km
- Yosemite National Park 547 km
- Lockheed Beaumont Site 1 1.4 km
- Sun Lakes Country Club & Community 3.1 km
- Lockheed Beaumont Additional Land 4 km
- Cherry Valley, California 11 km
- Morongo Golf Club 12 km
- Mystic Lake 13 km
- The Badlands 15 km
- Wildwood Canyon State Park 16 km
- San Bernardino National Forest 38 km
- San Andreas Fault Zone (approximate) 48 km
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