Nipton
Nipton is an unincorporated community in the Ivanpah Valley in San Bernardino County, California, United States. With a population of about 15 – 20, it is located on the northeastern border of Mojave National Preserve, approximately 12 miles southeast of Primm, Nevada and the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility.
Photo: High Plains Drifter, Public domain.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Nippen”, “Nippeno”, “Nipton, CA”, “Nipton, California”, and “نیپتون، کالیفرنیا”
- Postal code: 92364
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crescent.
Crescent
Hamlet
Crescent is an unincorporated community… Crescent is situated 5 miles east of Nipton.
Nipton
- Categories: town, unincorporated community, tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: San Bernardino County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.46719° or 35° 28′ 2″ north
Longitude
-115.27097° or 115° 16′ 16″ west
Elevation
3,031 feet (924 metres)
Established
1905
UN/LOCODE
US NP5
Open location code
8576FP8H+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Volapük—“Nipton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nipton”
- Chinese: “尼普頓”
- Dutch: “Nipton”
- Estonian: “Nipton”
- German: “Nipton”
- Irish: “Nipton”
- Persian: “نیپتون”
- Polish: “Nipton”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیپتون، کالیفورنیا”
- Ukrainian: “Ніптон”
- Urdu: “نپٹن، کیلیفورنیا”
- Volapük: “Nipton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Moore and Sunset.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Rock Garden and RV Park Nipton.
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