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Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) [5] is the most populous and only incorporated city in Inyo County, California, United States. 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 ]
Chalfant is a small, primarily residential community located on U.S. Route 6, 14 miles (23 km) north of the city of Bishop. Most residents commute to Bishop for work and school. The Chalfant post office operated from 1913 to 1928. [4] The ZIP Code is 93514. [5] The community is within area codes 442 and 760.
West Bishop is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 census , down from 2,807 at the 2000 census . Geography
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]
Big Pine (formerly Bigpine) [3] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop. [3] Its population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census.
Mount Tom is a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in Inyo County of eastern California. It is in the Sierra Nevada and east of the Sierra Crest. The mountain is also in the John Muir Wilderness. Along with its neighbor to the south, Basin Mountain, it dominates the western skyline from the upper Owens Valley.
Numbering plan areas in California (blue) and border states. This map is clickable; click on any region shown to visit the page for those area codes.Area codes 442 and 760 are shown in red. Area codes 760 and 442 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of California.
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]