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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.
Location of Big Pine Reservation. The Big Pine Reservation was established in 1912 and is 279 acres (1.13 km 2) large, located along US 395 in the high desert town of Big Pine, California. Much of the area houses were built by the Indian Housing Authority. There is a school, with classes from kindergarten to 12th grade adjacent to the reservation.
The Glacier Lodge is a campsite in Big Pine, California in the Sierra Nevada. It is located in Big Pine Canyon, below Kid Mountain. [1] The area is popular with wilderness enthusiasts and offers fishing, camping, hiking, cycling, and other activities. Big Pine Creek runs alongside the road.
US 395 south / County Road – Big Pine, Independence, Los Angeles: East end of US 395 overlap; former US 6 south 20.81: Death Valley Road – Saline Valley, Eureka Valley, Scotty's Castle 32.23 [19] Westgard Pass, elevation 7,271 feet (2,216 m) [19] Mono MNO 0.00-1.45: Oasis: 1.45: SR 266 to US 95 – Dyer: East end of SR 168; SR 266 north is ...
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 45 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark .
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Hesperia, California to the Canadian border in Laurier, Washington.The California portion of US 395 is a 557-mile (896 km) route which traverses from Interstate 15 (I-15) in Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake.
The White Mountains of California and Nevada are a triangular fault-block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley.They extend for approximately 60 mi (97 km) as a greatly elevated plateau about 20 mi (32 km) wide on the south, narrowing to a point at the north, with elevations generally increasing south to north.