This is the part of the drive where everyone who was all pumped and crashed back to earth in barstow are back getting excited and reminded why driving to Vegas sucks and is awesome at the same damn time ...but seriously I hate driving to Vegas. Its a long boring stretch and roads like Zzyyzx makes you think either you fell asleep while driving or you shouldn't have ate that brownie read more

WOOO HOOOO!!!! Zzyzx road is the sign we all look forward to, it means you are more than half way to Vegas! it's the mood lightener after so much dry, nasty deserty miles... read more

CSU Desert Studies Center - that glorious sign that tells you, you are getting close to the end of your boring, depressing as hell, drive to Vegas - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Baker, California

Ahhh trusty, old ZZYZX Road! This is the surefire sign that you are heading for good times in Vegas! ...Unless you are driving south on the 15 and then it's the surefire sign that you need to enter detox or juice fast of something after a weekend of beating your liver senseless. read more

Hmmm....a review of a road sign. Ummm...its a road, and it's almost in the middle of nowhere. Actually, it's sort of like an energy drink for your mind!!! It's the point of no return as you drive to vegas from LA area. After 3 hours of driving, you start to get sleepy, but as soon as you see that sign, you know you're almost there!!!! Suddenly, you're awake, aware and driving faster (if there's no traffic). You're excited!! You just past Zzyzx Road!!! (However you pronounce it.) Next stop, the Twilight Zone!! AKA: Vegas!!!! read more

The Crayola green Zzyzx sign, baking among the tumbleweed, flashes one moment, gone the next, in the middle of the Daliesque nowhere, bookend of your warped Vegas experience. Vegas, where the logo of something becomes the thing itself, mishmashing style and architecture in a post-modern luxury overdose, exaggerating stereotypes, zoomanity indulging, where killing brain cells becomes a self fulfilling prophecy, so much electricity, so much flesh. Zzyzx - where it all begins and ends, the first & last Veges-ian sign flash in the decadent sands of time of the infinite Mojave emptiness. read more

I grew up in California and this sign always makes you feel compelled to figure out how it is pronounced and what does the name stand for. Always gets a double take. And we went by it coming home to Nevada Monday and were trying to figure it out again. Things that make you go hmmm ! read more

Been passing this sign for over 20 years! Let's me know I'm getting closer to Las Vegas! Good spot to pull off and pee, sight see or have a drink if you packed one! read more

CSU Desert Studies Center - Zzyzx Road. A little over One hour to Vegas from here. ( with no traffic and not stopping in Baker) - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Baker, California

Finally I get to write a review for this mysterious road en route to Vegas! Love it!

Besides the movie, this area is also a prominent item in Michael Connolly's eerie novel The Narrows. It is a gruesome story about a serial killer who dumped bodies nearby. A compelling book to read, but the details could make a stop here a little scary. C. Vela Riverside Calif. read more

After leaving a Stone Sour concert in Las Vegas I went home a different route to avoid snow and found this amazing sight. How could one not check into this road in the middle of the Mojave with no services for miles and miles. I even took a moment to stop and stretch my legs. read more

My affair with Zzyzx was fast but sweet, bittersweet at times, fleeting like a father's butterfly kisses to his child. I was awoken suddenly from my fitful slumber, it made me sit up, like the tense calm before a lightning storm. I sensed it, like an old lady's nagging in the back of my mind. And suddenly, it was there, in the corner of my eyes, Zzyzx. Beautiful, glorious, mysterious... Timeless. It was breathtaking. And just like that, just as quickly as it appeared, in the blink of an eye riding in an Odyssey Mini-Van going 80 miles per hour... It was gone. Zzyzx, our romance was sweet and fierce, I will not be sad for we shall meet again, in that small pocket of time, until then you'll remain in my food coma induced dreams. read more

I admit it. I'm in the car on I-15 with a heavy dog on my lap and at this point I'm a little bored. It doesn't take much to entertain me in this state, but I do always enjoy passing Zyzzyx Road and wondering what's down there (which I now know because of other bored, awesome Yelpers who did the exploring for the rest of us). Anyway, just say it a few times - ZYZZYX!! Zyzzyx! ZYZZYX!! I feel better already! read more

5 stars for what? I don't know either. It's a sign on the freeway that tells you you're super close to Vegas, so turn up the music to your favorite party jam and put that ish on repeat. Cheers! read more

This road is about 5 miles long and leads to The Desert Studies Center. This is a research facility owned by the University of California. It's mostly used to study reptiles and desert plants, but it's a favorite place of mine to camp and explore! No murders happened here like people claim, but some really bad horror movies were filmed on the road and at the facility itself. read more

This place is poppin! Wide array of rocks, flashy vegetation, and all types of blown tires. Excellent place to stare at your shadow, grab a snake bite, or just soak up the blistering heat.. read more

Zzyzx road is more than a road. It's a beacon of hope for you know you will be reaching the homeland of Las Vegas soon. It's like don't give up! You are almost there!! and If you happen to pull off onto the road you can get some great desert views as well as a place to snooze if you so choose to. read more

Ahh...the Half Way Point to Vegas...or the Half Way Point to Home...mixed feelings...

Wow! if you want to be in the middle of nowhere, this is the stop! You want quiet, stars, and emptiness in all directions, this is the place. The history of the place is fun (look it up on Wikipedia). If you don't like crowds, this is the place! But why would you be headed to Vegas if you dislike crowds?? Oh well, come on down to no where and enjoy the quiet! read more

I get excited every time I reach Zzyzx Road on my way into Vegas! The name speaks for itself as it screams ***ATTENTION***!

How do you rate a road? How do you write a review for one? I dunno and I dunno. I just saw a Yelper do so and so I thought WTH. I guess it's fun to check-in on your way to and back from Vegas, or repeat the name out loud in the car to show others that you can actually pronounce it - Zizix, zizix, zizix. Bam, sucka. There's absolutely nothing else to see or do, especially if you get car sick whenever you do anything other than just sit there and stare at the road ahead of you, like me. Here's a random fact - it's about 100 miles from Vegas. Thanks Yelp for entertaining me during this boring ride. read more

Who hasn't thought "how the F do you pronounce that!?" and then go into about 40 different ways on how to say Ziz-Ix (hope I made that somewhat clear) This is a staple on the way to Vegas, so who wouldn't want to stop and just get caught up in the hoopla of it all. I find it to be funny and reminds me of the times my cousins and I would try to pronounce it when we would go to Lake Mead back in the 80s. read more

Not much a review to write as these check ins were more of a check point to see how long it takes to and from Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Traffic was a whole lot heavier going to Las Vegas than on the way back. I always wondered how far or where this road goes, but again I've seen the original Hills Have Eyes, and wonder if there is some weird nuclear cannibal outcasts out there. Maybe the road ends at some Black Mail box that leads to UFO abductions. Nah, I just let my imagination run wild..then scare my wife...BOO! read more

Over hyped! Actually nothing there but desert, unless you drive miles. Curiosity got us.

YAY VEGAS (: The infamous landmark that everyone checks in it or takes instgram pictures of! It's something about this sign that makes you wonder why it's even there and why it's even called this in the first place.. read more

I first discovered Zzyzyx Road in 1963. Driving to Las Vegas from L.A., I got gas in Baker. The big thermometer there said 119 degrees. Awful. Along the highway right outside Baker was a little weatherbeaten homemade sign pointing to Zzyzyx Rd. Not the big sign of today. I thought why don't we see where this goes. We drove down into this lunar landscape & it was even hotter. In a couple of miles the road ahead was blocked by a big sand dune, like a snow drift, about two feet high & a hundred feet across. We envisioned getting stuck in that sand and dying right there. So we turned around & got the heck out of there. You just knew not one living person would ever have come along. read more

An interesting reminder that I'm halfway there, either to or fro. Gotta stop and smell the roses one of these days...

It's pronounced ZIGH-zix (rhymes with EYE-zix). Nothing much else to say about it. It's just a road.

I love this road when heading North, but hate it when I 'm going South.

I also got curious about this exit whenever drove to Las Vegas. It's great to see the pictures taken in this review. The place looks real pretty from distance (that is, from the freeway) but does not look inviting, maybe because it is huge and empty. Came back from a short two days trip from Vegas last weekend and decided to search about it. Found some interesting links to share with you all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California http://catlin.casinocitytimes.com/article/zzyzx-14271 read more

Easily one of the most gorgeous and fascinating places in the world! The place once was the home of a health/mineral spa owned by a Curtis Howe Springer. He was quite well known in his time for his quack medicine cures and for being a radio minister/evangelist. The town was built by homeless individuals picked up in LA at one of his missions. Curtis had the land taken from him after he tried turning it into a resort town and it became apparent that he didn't own the land and certainly wasn't using it for mining as he previously claimed. The place has many other curious irises such as old cave paintings, an airport called the "Zyport" and old railroad tracks. Just be careful when exploring as there are scorpions and it gets scorching hot! read more

CSU Desert Studies Center - Easily one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Baker, California

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Always wanted to know where zzyzx Rd went to! In all the years we've driven by it...it was a beautiful day in the desert. After about 4 miles you arrive at the desert studies center. You can have a picnic at the new covered table. There is also a fairly clean restroom too. read more

All I knew of was Stone Sour's song. I was taking a risk to move from ABQ, NM to Seattle (out of the way) by Vegas to see a lover. Sadly, as most affairs are, I left Vegas and it wasn't until I saw Zzyzx Road exit, I got so excited to find it is a real place. I pulled over to take a picture and was followed by the police. An officer informed me of an astronomical fine for pulling over in CA "just for the hell of it." So, I got a shitty picture then left. I would love to return and really take the road. read more

I had no idea there was a Yelp review for Zzyzx Road. My son and I saw the sign on our drive from Salt Lake City to Vegas (before I had GPS). I wish I would have known about the area sooner but the map didn't say anything. However, my son looked at the sign and the first thing out of his mouth was "these must be the leftover letters from the other signs." Hopefully we will make another trip that way soon. read more

Cool stop. Really cool if you've never been out in the desert like me. There's plenty of space to get good pictures of the salt flats. We got there on a Tuesday afternoon and has the entire road and parking area to ourselves. There are bathrooms. read more

this road actually has a ton of history and was a celeb tourist area way back in the day, however now it is a spot that just reminds you, that you are ever so close to vegas read more

I think of this road daily as I have a cat named zzyzx. I inherited her and her buddies "Yermo and Vegas" from my brother who passed away. As you can guess he was a gambler. I finally learned how to spell her name today on a road trip to Vegas. read more

Fantastic detour into a blast of the past. 104F last week as we headed for Vegas. Great drive down a cool road, the fuzzy palms guiding us along. Strongly recommend the endangered Mojave Chub. I had mine fried, served on a sub roll. Delish! read more

I have been to Zzyzx twice. Once with a buddy of mine back in the 60s when it was a going concern run by a preacher. My friend and I were on our way to Las Vegas, saw the sign and decided to check it out. What a neat place out in the middle of the desert. We met the preacher who owned the place and he actually gave us a tour. He had a radio station there and several people lived there. All were fairly elderly. There were several outdoor hot soaking pools and a large pond with ducks and a variety of birds. Later on I heard he got arrested for selling land that he didn't own but was actually leasing from the government. Also I think he had some tax problems. Then just last year (2011) I decided to check it out again. My friend had passed away. I made the trip by myself. It's now a desert studies center. The old hot pools were falling apart as were a couple of outbuildings. But I was very glad to see that most of the buildings were stlll in tact. I talked to a couple of guys who we in the studies center but had a feeling they actually had no idea of the history of the place but were students of the center. I think it's now owned by the Cal State Universities. An interesting place to visit especially for me having been there over 40 years before. read more