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Zzyzx, California | |
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 Zzyzx, showing Lake Tuendae (left) and the Desert Studies Center | |
  Zzyzx Location of Zzyzx in California  Zzyzx Zzyzx (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°08′34″N 116°06′17″W / 35.14278°N 116.10472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  San Bernardino |
| Elevation | 290 m (951 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 92309 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1662336[1] |
Zzyzx (/ˈzaɪzɪks/ ZY-ziks), formerly Soda Springs, is an unincorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States, within the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve, managed by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Interior, as public land. It is the former site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa[2] and now the site of the Desert Studies Center. The site is also the location of Lake Tuendae, originally part of the spa, and now a refuge habitat of the endangered Mohave tui chub.
Zzyzx Road is a 4.5-mile-long (7.2 km), part paved and part dirt, rural collector road in the Mojave Desert. It runs from Interstate 15 generally south to the Zzyzx settlement.
The nearest populated area is the small town of Baker, 7 miles (11 km) north on Interstate 15. Las Vegas is the nearest major city, approximately 100 miles (160 km) northeast.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zzyzx, California
- ^ Bishop, Greg; Oesterle, Joe; Marinucci, Mike & Moran, Mark (2006). "A Utopia Spelled Z, Z, Y, Z, X". Weird California. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4027-3384-0.