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 …

Jan 24, 2023 · The Zzyzx Road sign along Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

May 14, 2022 · Anyone who has driven I-15 between Las Vegas and Los Angeles has seen the signs for Zzyzx Road (pronounced Zye-Zix), but not many know what's at the end of the road. Stretching 4.5 miles into the Mojave Desert from Interstate 15 is what might be the best known mystery road in the west.

The arrow points south down a road that soon turns to sand and bends around a basalt outcropping to Zzyzx Springs, an old health resort started by a charismatic quack named Doc Springer in the early decades of the 1900s.

Aug 14, 2023 · Every day, commuters take notice of the strange ZZYZX sign just west of Baker California on I-15 and wonder what the heck it means. On this page, you can learn the quirky history of Zzyzx, which is now part of the Mojave National Preserve.

Anyone who has traveled on Interstate 15 between Barstow and Las Vegas has surely noticed with enormous astonishment (and a moment of bewilderment) the sign for “Zzyzx Road,” which has become a real tourist attraction, prompting many people to …

Zzyzx is the correct spelling, often confused with Zzyzzx Road or Xxyyzz Road. This is the erroneous addition of some fun letters as if the name itself isn’t enough. Directly off the exit, you can find the edge of the beautiful Soda Lake. The lake is an alkali salt and clay-rimmed lake that is usually dry in the winter, which is when we visited.

The Sign to Zzyzx off Highway 15 Zzyzx Long before Springer started squatting and set up his health spa, cult, snake oil operation, the location had been used by early traders, then later in the 1860s as an army outpost called Hannock's Redoubt.

Jun 5, 2024 · Having the chance to see the reflection of a row of palm trees shimmering in the placid waters of Lake Tuendae in the bone-dry Mojave Desert is certainly worth clicking your turn signal when you spot the sign for Zzyzx Road. View on Google Maps.

Sep 11, 2021 · When you see Zzyzx on a map or a road sign, you might think it’s a typo. But that’s actually how you spell it. This odd little place is worth exploring. So today we’ll look at this unusual locale and find out how it got this tongue twister of a …