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  2. Alabama Hills - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Owens Valley - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Owens Lake - Wikipedia

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    Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Lone Pine . Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range Province that have been dry for thousands of years, Owens held significant water until 1913, when much of the Owens River was diverted ...

  5. Glacier Lodge - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Inyo National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest, encompassing much of the Owens Valley, was established by Theodore Roosevelt as a way of sectioning off land to accommodate the Los Angeles Aqueduct project in 1907, making the Inyo National Forest one of the least wooded forests in the U.S. National Forest system. [4]

  7. Owens River - Wikipedia

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    The Owens River is a river in eastern California in the United States, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long. [4] It drains into and through the Owens Valley, an arid basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western faces of the Inyo and White Mountains.

  8. Manzanar - Wikipedia

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    The Owens Valley Reception Center was transferred to the WRA on June 1, 1942, and officially became the "Manzanar War Relocation Center". [35] The first Japanese Americans to arrive at Manzanar were volunteers who helped build the camp.

  9. Tinemaha Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Tinemaha Reservoir is a reservoir created by a dam on the Owens River in the Owens Valley. It is located in Inyo County, eastern California. It is part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. [2] The 1938 western film Under Western Stars starring Roy Rogers was filmed here. [3]

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