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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.
California Correctional Institution, colloquially referred to as "Tehachapi" Tehachapi High School in Tehachapi, California; Tehachapi Unified School District, based in Tehachapi, California; Tehachapi Mountains surrounding Tehachapi, California, and often considered the southern boundary of Central California; Tehachapi Municipal Airport (KTSP ...
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 ...
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 mountain range is often used to define Southern California (to south and west) and Northern California (to north). The range separates the San Joaquin Valley from the Mojave Desert. The Tehachapi Mountains are a significant wildlife corridor between the western Transverse Ranges and the southern Sierra Nevada.
Location of Tehachapi in Kern County, and Kern County in California. CCI is in the Cummings Valley region.. CCI has 1,650 acres (670 ha) including Level I ("Open dormitories with a secure perimeter") housing; Level II ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage") housing; Level III ("Individual cells, fenced perimeters and armed coverage") housing; Level IV ("Cells ...
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.
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.