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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 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 ...
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 ]
California Route 190, near Badwater Rd. 36°26′55″N 116°51′10″W / 36.448583°N 116.8527°W / 36.448583; -116.8527 ( Death Valley 49ers Furnace Creek
Little Vermont is a big deal in New England and beyond when it comes to scenic fall drives. And one way to take in the visual feast is on the 184-mile (297-kilometer) Lake Champlain Byway.
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]
State Route 168 (SR 168) is an east-west state highway in the U.S. state of California that is separated into two distinct segments by the Sierra Nevada.The western segment runs from State Routes 41 and 180 in Fresno east to Huntington Lake along the western slope of the Sierra.