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The Tejon Pass / t eɪ ˈ h oʊ n, t ə ˈ h oʊ n, ˈ t eɪ. h oʊ n /, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley.
The pass is located in Kern County, California, 15 miles (24 km) to the northeast of the current Tejon Pass.It runs at the top of a divide between a point about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the Rancho Tejon boundary in Tejon Creek Canyon, and Cottonwood Creek Canyon north of the Antelope Valley.
At an elevation of 1,499 feet (457 m), [1] the community is located at the foot of a grade known as the Grapevine that lies in Grapevine Canyon through the Tejon Pass.
The vacancies correlated with the elevation of the communities — 5,554 feet for Pine Mountain Club, 5,121 feet for Lake of the Woods, 4,767 feet for Frazier Park, and 3,481 feet for Lebec. Elevation generally corresponds to snow levels in the winter. Lebec had the highest valuation of single-family owner-occupied homes.
Elevation. 5,554 ft (1,693 m) ... It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Geography. Pine Mountain Club has an area of 16.7 square miles ...
There could be 1 to 2 inches of snow on the Grapevine section of the Interstate 5, along the Tejon Pass, but there could be less or more, Kittell said. ... even lower elevation," Tardy said. Read ...
Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon ( La Cañada de las Uvas ) between the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains .
Now Fort Tejon State Historic Park in the Tejon Pass area. 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake – moment magnitude of 7.9, average slip along the fault was 4.5 meters (15 ft) Monolith Cement Works: supplied concrete for the construction of Hoover Dam and other major public works; east of Tehachapi Pass. Old Tejon Pass – Another ancient native trail ...