Tecopa Hot Springs topographic map

Lone Pine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Lone Pine is located 16 mi (26 km) south-southeast of Independence, at an elevation of 3,727 ft (1,136 m). The population was 2,035 at the 2010 census, up from 1,655 at the 2000 census. The town is located in the Owens…

Average elevation: 4,259 ft

Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) is a city in California, United States. It is the largest populated place and only incorporated city in Inyo County. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). The city was named after Bishop Creek, flowing out of the…

Average elevation: 4,150 ft

Average elevation: 5,154 ft

Average elevation: 3,330 ft

Average elevation: 4,908 ft

Independence is an unincorporated census-designated place in and the county seat of Inyo County, California. Independence is located 41 miles (66 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3930 feet (1198 m). The population of this census-designated place was 593 at the 2020 census, down from 669 at the…

Average elevation: 3,934 ft

The pool is not the lowest point of the basin: the lowest point (which is only slightly lower) is several miles to the west and varies in position, depending on rainfall and evaporation patterns. The salt flats are hazardous to traverse (in many cases being only a thin white crust over mud), and so the sign…

Average elevation: 499 ft

Furnace Creek (formerly Greenland Ranch) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. The population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 24 at the 2010 census. The elevation of the village is 190 feet (58 m) below sea level. The visitor center, museum, and headquarters of Death…

Average elevation: 545 ft

Average elevation: 8,665 ft

Average elevation: 4,416 ft

Average elevation: 10,938 ft

The Palisade Glacier is a glacier located on the northeast side of the Palisades within the John Muir Wilderness in the central Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier descends from the flanks of four fourteeners, or mountain peaks over 14,000 ft (4,300 m) in elevation, including North Palisade (14,242 ft…

Average elevation: 12,595 ft

The pool is not the lowest point of the basin: the lowest point (which is only slightly lower) is several miles to the west and varies in position, depending on rainfall and evaporation patterns. The salt flats are hazardous to traverse (in many cases being only a thin white crust over mud), and so the sign…

Average elevation: 499 ft

Average elevation: 4,094 ft

Average elevation: 6,857 ft

Average elevation: 2,175 ft

The Manzanar facility was located between Lone Pine and Independence. The weather at Manzanar caused suffering for the inmates, few of whom were accustomed to the extremes of the area's climate. While the majority of people were from the Los Angeles area, some were from places with much different climates…

Average elevation: 3,901 ft

Average elevation: 4,491 ft

Average elevation: 4,892 ft

Average elevation: 5,154 ft

Average elevation: 11,056 ft

The pool is not the lowest point of the basin: the lowest point (which is only slightly lower) is several miles to the west and varies in position, depending on rainfall and evaporation patterns. The salt flats are hazardous to traverse (in many cases being only a thin white crust over mud), and so the sign…

Average elevation: 499 ft

Big Pine (formerly, Bigpine) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3,989 feet (1,216 m). The population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census. The…

Average elevation: 4,029 ft

Average elevation: 3,740 ft

Average elevation: 9,337 ft

Bishop (formerly Bishop Creek) is a city in California, United States. It is the largest populated place and only incorporated city in Inyo County. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4,150 feet (1,260 m). The city was named after Bishop Creek, flowing out of the…

Average elevation: 4,150 ft

Average elevation: 3,881 ft

Average elevation: 9,951 ft

Tecopa (formerly Brownsville[4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California, United States. Tecopa is located 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Shoshone,[4] at an elevation of 1,339 feet (408 m).[3] The population was 150 at the 2010 census, up from 99 at the 2000…

Average elevation: 1,667 ft