Landers, California
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| Coordinates: 34°15′58″N 116°23′32″W / 34.26611°N 116.39222°WCoordinates: 34°15′58″N 116°23′32″W / 34.26611°N 116.39222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Elevation | 3,084 ft (940 m) |
| Population | |
| • ZCTA | 3,910 |
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 92285 |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-40158 |
| GNIS feature ID | 244564 |
Landers is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, Southern California. Landers' population, as of 2016, is 3,910 people.
Landers lies in the Homestead Valley of the southeastern Mojave Desert. The town's elevation is 3,100 feet (940 m) above sea level.
Landers, 14 miles (23 km) north of Yucca Valley, is bordered by the city of Joshua Tree to its southeast, Johnson Valley, California to its north, and Pioneertown to its southwest. California State Route 247, named "Old Woman Springs Road" in the area, passes through Landers from Yucca Valley en route north to Barstow.
Adjacent to Landers on the north is Giant Rock, covering 5800 sq. ft. and 7 stories high. [http://www.lucernevalley.net/giantrock/ It is thought to be the largest free standing boulder in the world. It was sacred to the Californian Indians in the region, where the north and south tribes met annually.
From the 1950s through the 1970s, Landers was a popular gathering point for annual Spacecraft Conventions of UFO enthusiasts.
The area was also the epicenter of the June 28, 1992 Landers earthquake, a magnitude 7.4 strike-slip earthquake. It caused considerable structural damage to the surrounding area, and one death, of a three-year-old child.
A news image frequently shown was the north wall completely collapsed at the Yucca Lanes Bowling Center. It was later determined that the wall was a temporary one, designed for easy removal in future expansions.
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