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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 Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO), one of the largest university-operated radio observatories in the world, has its origins in the late 1940s with three individuals: Lee DuBridge, president of California Institute of Technology (Caltech); Robert Bacher, chairman of the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy; and Jesse Greenstein, professor of astrophysics.
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 .
Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada, west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains, and is split between the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert. [2]
The Big Pine post office first opened in 1870, closed for a time during 1877, changed its name to Bigpine in 1895, and reverted to Big Pine in 1962. [3] Big Pine has a significant geologic feature (an earthquake scarp) related to the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake. In 1958, the Owens Valley Radio Observatory was established just north of Big Pine.
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The highway traverses Lone Pine and passes the Manzanar National Historic Site, which operated as a Japanese American internment center during World War II. [9] [10] US 395 turns north after passing through Independence and reaches Bishop, where it serves as the western terminus of US 6, a transcontinental highway. [5]
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