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93542

ZIP 93542 is Little Lake, California, in Inyo County; Pacific time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Inyo
Metro area
Bishop, CA
Coordinates
35.9366, -117.9067

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 93527, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 93542
  • 🔢 Type 93542 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhSEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,542 = 2 × 46771. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110101100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93541 (Lee Vining, CA, 157 mi away) and 93543 (Littlerock, CA, 101 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93542 becomes 24539 — and that is a real ZIP code: Crystal Hill, VA, 2,154 miles away.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23459, 23954, 24539, 24593, 24935, 25943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 23459 in Virginia Beach, VA, 2,302 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 91%.
  • 🎯1,085 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93542 and you would come out at 35.94°S, 62.09°E — 1,013 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 43m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 93542

ZIPCityDistance
93527 Inyokern, CA 9.7 mi
93255 Onyx, CA 21.0 mi
93549 Olancha, CA 24.7 mi
93556 Ridgecrest, CA 25.4 mi
93555 Ridgecrest, CA 27.5 mi
93522 Darwin, CA 31.6 mi
93592 Trona, CA 32.2 mi
93283 Weldon, CA 32.4 mi
93238 Kernville, CA 33.6 mi
93285 Wofford Heights, CA 35.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93542?

93542 is in Little Lake, California, in Inyo County, part of the Bishop, CA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.9366, -117.9067.

What county is 93542 in?

93542 lies in Inyo County.

What time zone is 93542 in?

93542 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 93542?

The closest are 93527 (9.7 mi), 93255 (21 mi), 93549 (24.7 mi), 93556 (25.4 mi) and 93555 (27.5 mi).

Is 93542 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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