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Lone Pine Peak is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range just west of the town of Lone Pine, California [6] in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. [4] The summit marks the eastern boundary of the John Muir Wilderness in the Inyo National Forest.
Mount Corcoran is a 13,701-foot (4,176 m) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. [1] It is situated on the boundary between Tulare County and Inyo County, as well as the boundary between Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness.
Lone Pine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States, [2] located 16 mi (26 km) south-southeast of Independence. [4] The population was 2,035 at the 2010 census, up from 1,655 at the 2000 census.
The Alabama Hills serve as a gateway to Mount Whitney and the Eastern Sierra Nevada.While dispersed camping is very popular with the backpackers, car campers, and the RV community, [5] the region's fragile ecosystem and increasing numbers of visitors prompted the Bureau of Land Management to discourage the practice, appealing that camping in campgrounds helps maintain the area's great scenery ...
The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver , lead , and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold ore and copper ore . [ 1 ]
The Mount Whitney Trail is a hiking trail that climbs Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in the contiguous United States. It starts at Whitney Portal, 13 miles (21 km) west of the town of Lone Pine, California. The hike is 21.4 mi (34.4 km) round trip, with an elevation gain of over 6,100 feet (1,860 m).
The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake – also known as the Lone Pine earthquake – struck on March 26 at 02:30 local time in the Owens Valley (California, along the east side of the Sierra Nevada), with the epicenter near the town of Lone Pine. Its magnitude has been estimated at M w 7.4 to 7.9, with a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (Extreme).
Although it had over 10,000 inmates at its peak, it was one of the smaller internment camps. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California's Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, approximately 230 miles (370 km) north of Los Angeles. Manzanar means "apple orchard" in ...