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, in Baker California]] and US 466 ) went.]] Baker is an Unincorporated Rural community located in San Bernardino County , California , USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 914. It is located in the Mojave Desert at the junction of Interstate 15 and CA-127 (Death Valley Road). Baker's economy is based primarily on Tourism . The town is frequently used as a rest stop by drivers on Interstate Highway 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas . Baker is approximately 90 miles southwest of Las Vegas. It is the last town for those traveling on CA-127 north to Death Valley National Park or south to the Mojave National Preserve . Baker can also be reached by Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach . For many years the National Park Service operated a desert Information Center in Baker. The center was closed in March 2006, and the staff moved to the refurbished railroad depot in Kelso . The town's most prominent feature is a 134-foot (41m) and Jean taking much of its Motel trade. Just a few miles to the west up I-15 lies the exit for Zzyzx Road. This dirt road leads to Soda Springs, the site of the health resort established by Curtis Springer in the late 1940s and now the Desert Study Center maintained by California State University . Baker was named after R. C. Baker, president of the Tonopah And Tidewater Railroad , in 1908. GEOGRAPHY Baker is located at (35.265099, -116.074768). The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad created a flag stop there, though one had to buy their tickets at Silver Lake, approx. 9 miles to the north. Nothing now exists to show where Silver Lake once was. TRANSPORTATION
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