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Tehachapi (/ t ə ˈ h æ tʃ ə p i / ⓘ; Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") [7] [8] is a city in Kern County, California, United States, in the Tehachapi Mountains, at an elevation of 3,970 feet (1,210 m), [4] between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert.
The eastern Tehachapi foothills: panoramic view with the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm. The origin of the name Tehachapi may come from the Kawaiisu language, derived from the word "tihachipia" translated as "hard climb". [11] The historic Indigenous peoples of California with homelands in the Tehachapi Mountains were the: Kitanemuk; Kawaiisu [12 ...
Tehachapi Mountains surrounding Tehachapi, California, and often considered the southern boundary of Central California; Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP) in Tehachapi, California; Tehachapi News, based in Tehachapi, California; Tehachapi Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains Tehachapi Loop, the railroad engineering feat enabling trains to traverse ...
The Tehachapi Loop is a 3,779-foot-long (0.72 mi; 1.15 km) spiral, [1] or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad Mojave Subdivision through Tehachapi Pass, of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, south-central California. The line connects Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley to Mojave in the Mojave Desert.
Cummings Valley is in California's Tehachapi Mountains. Cummings Valley was settled by the Kawaiisu people before the arrival of white Americans, largely of Irish origin [1] [note 1], in the 1850s. [2] The region's agriculture began with livestock and dry farming as water was not imported until 1973. [2]
The city of Tehachapi — in the Tehachapi Mountains and Tehachapi Pass area, Kern County, California. Pages in category "Tehachapi, California" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Tehachapis are delineated from the Sierra Pelona Mountains by California State Route 138 at the range's southwestern end, connecting Interstate 5 and the Antelope Valley. The Tehachapis are delineated from the Sierra Nevada by Tehachapi Pass and State Route 58 at the range's northeastern end, connecting the San Joaquin Valley and Mojave Desert.
Tehachapi Pass (Kawaiisu: Tihachipia, meaning "hard climb") [2] [3] is a mountain pass crossing the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, California. Traditionally, the pass marks the northeast end of the Tehachapis and the south end of the Sierra Nevada range. The route is a principal connector between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert.