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Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km) [1] stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed. Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power ...
Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is a city in California, United States. It is the most populous place and the only incorporated city in Inyo County . It is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley within the Mojave Desert , at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). [ 4 ]
Lake Sabrina is a lake created by damming the middle fork of Bishop Creek. [2] It is located south-west of Bishop, California on California State Route 168, in the Inyo National Forest. [3] It has a cafe as well as a dock. The dam was built in 1907–8 to supply a constant flow of water to the hydraulic power plants. [4]
Inyo County (/ ˈ ɪ n j oʊ / ⓘ) is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada.In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. [9]
Bishop Creek Battleground State Hwy 168 and Bishop Creek Rd. 37°20′29″N 118°28′52″W / 37.341517°N 118.4812°W / 37.341517; -118.4812 ( Bishop Creek Battleground
Bishop Pass, 11,972 ft (3,649 m), [1] is a high mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, on the border of the Inyo National Forest (John Muir Wilderness) on the north and Kings Canyon National Park on the south. The Bishop Pass Trail goes over the pass, connecting the Bishop Creek valley in the north (accessed via South Lake ...
The Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. [4] It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains.
California State Highway 168, heading up Bishop Creek. Aspendell. Location in California ... California: County: Inyo County: Elevation [1] 8,409 ft (2,563 m) GNIS ...