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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.
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 .
It starts at Whitney Portal, 13 miles (21 km) west of the town of Lone Pine, California. The hike is 21.4 mi (34.4 km) round trip, with an elevation gain of over 6,100 feet (1,860 m). It is a very popular trail during Summer and Fall when ice and snow are not present, and therefore its access is restricted by quotas from May to October. [2]
Whitney Portal (formerly Hunter Flat and Hunters Camp) is the end of the Whitney Portal road in Inyo County, California, 13.7 miles (22 km) west of Lone Pine at an elevation of 8,374 feet (2,552 m). [1] Whitney Portal is the gateway to Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States; it is the trailhead for the Mount Whitney Trail.
The Alabama Hills serve as a gateway to Mount Whitney and the Eastern Sierra Nevada.While dispersed camping is very popular with the backpackers, car campers, and the RV community, [5] the region's fragile ecosystem and increasing numbers of visitors prompted the Bureau of Land Management to discourage the practice, appealing that camping in campgrounds helps maintain the area's great scenery ...
It is located on the west side of the Inyo Mountains 9.5 miles (15 km) north of Lone Pine, [2] at an elevation of 3865 feet (1178 m). [1] A post office operated at Reward from 1900 to 1906. [2] [3] The town's name originates from a local mining company, Reward Consolidated Mining Co, [2] who operated the gold and silver Eclipse Mine in 1878 at ...
Diaz Lake, elevation 3,674 feet (1,120 m), [1] is located in the Owens Valley, just south of Lone Pine, California, United States. It covers 80 acres (32 ha). ...
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]