Ivanpah, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Populated place in California, United States

35°20′26″N 115°18′38″W / 35.34056°N 115.31056°W / 35.34056; -115.31056CountryUnited StatesStateCaliforniaCounty San BernardinoElevation

3,520 ft (1,070 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)GNIS feature ID243939^[1]

Ivanpah (Chemehuevi: "Clean Water")^[2] is in the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California. There are several residences in the area, but no real village.^[1]

Ivanpah is located on the bajada below the northeast side of the New York Mountains overlooking the broad Ivanpah Valley. The Ivanpah Mountains lie across the valley to the northwest.^[3]

Ivanpah is located at the crossing of Ivanpah Road and the Union Pacific Railroad, which was the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad until 1921 when it was bought out by Union Pacific. There was once a general store located here.

Ivanpah is also the home of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, the largest thermal solar power facility in the world, which opened officially on February 13, 2014.

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^ ^a ^b "Ivanpah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
^ KCET - Cities and Landmarks, the Etymology of the California Desert
^ Ivanpah, California—Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985