Inyo National Forest

Inyo National Forest, California, United States
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Sherwin Summit (Q7495475)
item type: mountain pass
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Sherwin Summit (el. 6,427 feet, 1,959 m) is a mountain pass on U.S. Highway 395.

USGS GNIS ID: 1659642

Sunny Slopes (Q6135592)
item type: census-designated place in the United States
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Sunny Slopes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mono County, California, United States. It sits at an elevation of 7,198 feet (2,194 m). As of the 2020 census, the population was 139, down from 182 in 2010.

USGS GNIS ID: 2583155

Huntoon Mountains (Q5945723)
item type: mountain range
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Huntoon Mountains are a mountain range in Mineral County, Nevada.

Adobe Hills (Q4683986)
item type: mountain range
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Adobe Hills are a low mountain range located in Mono County, Eastern California.

USGS GNIS ID: 256127

Glass Mountain Ridge (Q49687581)
item type: ridge
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Glass Mountain Ridge is a ridge located in Mono County, California. It reaches an elevation of 10,505 feet (3,202 m).

USGS GNIS ID: 233927

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (Q4752802)
item type: forest
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is a protected area high in the White Mountains in Inyo County in eastern California.

website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5129900

KWTW (Q6340908)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KWTW (88.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Contemporary & Talk format, licensed to Bishop, California, United States. KWTW is known as The Living Proof Radio Network, which is a ministry of Calvary Chapel in Bishop. The station is currently owned by Westside Christian Fellowship A.V. The Living Proof Radio Network, in addition to KWTW 88.5 Bishop, is also broadcast on KWTD 91.9 FM in Ridgecrest, California.

website: http://www.kwtw.org

KIBS (Q6330541)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KIBS (100.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Bishop, California, United States, the station is currently owned by Great Country Broadcasting, Inc.

website: http://www.kibskbov.com/kibs-country-radio/

KRHV (Q6336718)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KRHV (93.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety and classic rock format. Licensed to Big Pine, California, United States, the station is currently owned by David A. and Maryann M. Digerness and features programming from Westwood One.

website: http://www.kmmtradio.com/krhvhome.php

KVME-TV (Q6340121)
item type: television station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KVME-TV (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Bishop, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles television market as an affiliate of Jewelry Television. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Avalon-licensed MeTV owned-and-operated station KAZA-TV (channel 54). KVME-TV's studios are located on North Main Street in Bishop, and its transmitter is located in the White Mountains, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Bishop.

website: http://www.americastelevisionnetwork.com/

White Mountains (Q1433957)
item type: mountain range
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The White Mountains of California and Nevada are a triangular fault-block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley. They extend for approximately 60 mi (97 km) as a greatly elevated plateau about 20 mi (32 km) wide on the south, narrowing to a point at the north, with elevations generally increasing south to north. The range's broad southern end is near the community of Big Pine, where Westgard Pass and Deep Springs Valley separate it from the Inyo Mountains. The narrow northern end is at Montgomery Pass, where U.S. Route 6 crosses. The Fish Lake Valley lies east of the range; the southeast part of the mountains are separated from the Silver Peak Range by block faulting across the Furnace Creek Fault Zone, forming a feeder valley to Fish Lake Valley. The range lies within the eastern section of the Inyo National Forest.

KSRW (Q14682731)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KSRW (92.5 MHz, TV-33. "Sierra Wave") is a radio station licensed to Independence, California, United States. It features a classic rock music format and programming from Westwood One. It serves the Bishop, Ridgecrest, Mammoth Lakes and June Lake areas.

website: http://www.sierrawave.net/ksrw-925-radio-program-guide/

Middle Palisade (Q4292810)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot (4,273-meter) peak in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California. It is a fourteener, and lies on the Sierra Crest as part of the Palisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other fourteeners, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town of Big Pine. Middle Palisade is the twelfth highest peak in California.

USGS GNIS ID: 1654925

Fort Independence (Q5471382)
item type: fort
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Fort Independence, originally named Camp Independence, was a fort located in the Owens Valley, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of present-day Independence, Inyo County, eastern California. The U.S. Army post was active from 1862 to 1877.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Former installations of the United States Army, Military installations closed in 1877
Kearsarge (Q6382246)
item type: ghost town
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kearsarge or Kearsarge City is a former mining settlement in Inyo County, eastern California. It was located high on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada, near Kearsage Pass, 8 miles (13 km) west of present-day town of Independence, California.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Former populated places in California
Independence dike swarm (Q6016244)
item type: geographical feature
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Independence Dike Swarm is a major Late Jurassic dike swarm extending over 373 miles (600 km) from the eastern Transverse Ranges northward to the east-central Sierra Nevada in southeastern California, United States.

Norman Clyde Peak (Q8525889)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Norman Clyde Peak, standing 13,970 feet (4,258 m) tall, is in natural company among the high peaks of the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada in California. It raises on the main ridge of the Palisades', between Middle Palisade and Palisade Crest. Norman Clyde Glacier on its north face, and Middle Palisade Glacier on its east both feed the headwaters of the South Fork of Big Pine Creek. It is named posthumously for mountaineer Norman Clyde, who first climbed it by way of the Norman Clyde Glacier in 1930.

USGS GNIS ID: 1659244

Striped Mountain (Q49078877)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Striped Mountain is a 13,179-foot-elevation (4,017-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park. It is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) northwest of the community of Independence, approximately two miles south of Taboose Pass, and 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north of Mount Wynne. Striped Mountain ranks as the 115th highest summit in California. The first ascent of the summit was made in July 1905 by George R. Davis, a USGS topographer. Climbing routes to this mountain include Taboose Pass and the West Ridge. The John Muir Trail passes west of this peak, providing an additional approach to the mountain. Bolton Coit Brown gave this mountain its descriptive name in 1895 when he later wrote: "That nearest the pass is strikingly barred across its steep craggy summit with light streaks. As this is an unusually marked case of this peculiarity and as it seems well occasionally to have a mountain whose name bears some relation to its visible character, I called it Striped Mountain." The numerous stripes are lightly colored granitic dikes of Lamarck granodiorite intruded within Striped pluton, which is composed of fine-grained mafic granodiorite.

USGS GNIS ID: 1659889

Glacier Lodge (Q124337897)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Glacier Lodge is a campsite in Big Pine, California in the Sierra Nevada. It is located in Big Pine Canyon, below Kid Mountain. The area is popular with wilderness enthusiasts and offers fishing, camping, hiking, cycling, and other activities. Big Pine Creek runs alongside the road. It operates under a special use permit with the United States Forest Service.

Taboose Fire (Q67203746)
item type: wildfire
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Taboose Fire was a wildfire burning in Inyo National Forest, southwest of Big Pine and northwest of Aberdeen in Inyo County in the state of California, in the United States. The fire started September 4, 2019 and on October 7, it had burned 10,296 acres (4,167 ha) and was 75 percent contained. The cause of the fire was lightning. Select trails, campgrounds and roads in Inyo National Forest, Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park had been closed due to the fire. The community of Baxter Ranch was under mandatory evacuation.

Palisades (Q2047839)
item type: mountain range
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Palisades (or the Palisade Group) are a group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. They are located about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town of Big Pine, California. The peaks in the group are particularly steep, rugged peaks and "contain the finest alpine climbing in California." The group makes up about 6 miles (10 km) of the Sierra Crest, which divides the Central Valley watershed from the Owens Valley, and which runs generally northwest to southeast.

North Palisade (Q4327485)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

North Palisade is the third-highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California, and one of the state's small number of peaks over 14,000 feet, known as fourteeners. It is the highest peak of the Palisades group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra range. It sports a small glacier (the Palisade Glacier) and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.

USGS GNIS ID: 264233

Mono–Inyo Craters (Q1760696)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles (40 km) from the northwest shore of Mono Lake to the south of Mammoth Mountain. The Mono Lake Volcanic Field forms the northernmost part of the chain and consists of two volcanic islands in the lake and one cinder cone volcano on its northwest shore. Most of the Mono Craters, which make up the bulk of the northern part of the Mono–Inyo chain, are phreatic (steam explosion) volcanoes that have since been either plugged or over-topped by rhyolite domes and lava flows. The Inyo volcanic chain form much of the southern part of the chain and consist of phreatic explosion pits, and rhyolitic lava flows and domes. The southernmost part of the chain consists of fumaroles and explosion pits on Mammoth Mountain and a set of cinder cones south of the mountain; the latter are called the Red Cones.

Mono Basin National Scenic Area (Q6901264)
item type: National Scenic Area
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area is a protected area in Eastern California that surrounds Mono Lake and the northern half of the Mono Craters volcanic field. It is administered by the Inyo National Forest as a unit of the National Forest Scenic Area program, under the U.S. Forest Service.

Mono Basin (Q2887484)
item type: endorheic basin
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Mono Basin is an endorheic drainage basin located east of Yosemite National Park in California and Nevada. It is bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada, to the east by the Cowtrack Mountains, to the north by the Bodie Hills, and to the south by the north ridge of the Long Valley Caldera.

USGS GNIS ID: 263743

Crowley Lake (Q5189277)
item type: census-designated place in the United States
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Crowley Lake is a census-designated place in Mono County, California. Crowley Lake sits at an elevation of 6,939 feet (2,115 m). The 2020 United States census reported Crowley Lake's population was 980.

USGS GNIS ID: 2582987

Minaret Summit (Q6863199)
item type: mountain pass
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Minaret Summit is a mountain pass on Highway 203 in the central Sierra Nevada. The pass, lying on the Madera-Mono County border, is within the Mammoth Ranger District of the Inyo National Forest and located near Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes, and Mammoth Mountain. The elevation of the pass is about 9,265 ft (2,824 m). Highway 203 ends at Minaret Summit. The road continues, now called Reds Meadow Road, until its dead end at the Reds Meadow Pack Station near the Rainbow Falls trailhead.

USGS GNIS ID: 263666

California Volcano Observatory (Q3348375)
item type: volcano observatory
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The California Volcano Observatory (CalVO) is the volcano observatory that monitors the volcanic and geologic activity of California and Nevada. It is a part of the Volcano Hazards Program of the United States Geological Survey, a scientific agency of the United States government.

website: https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/calvo/

Mill City (Q3857936)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mill City is a former settlement in Mono County, California. It was located 8.5 miles (14 km) west-northwest of Mount Morrison and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southwest of Old Mammoth, at an elevation of 8320 feet (2536 m).

USGS GNIS ID: 263582

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Former populated places in California, Former settlements in Mono County, California
Ishi Giant (Q16976639)
item type: remarkable tree
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Ishi Giant is a giant sequoia in California, United States. It is located in Kennedy Grove, which is part of a group of eight closely spaced giant sequoia groves situated in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern central California. It was the 14th largest giant sequoia in the world before it atrophied during the Rough Fire in 2015.

KMMT (Q1718820)
item type: radio station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

KMMT (106.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Modern rock format, licensed to Mammoth Lakes, California. The station can be heard in Fresno, California.

website: http://www.kmmtradio.com/

Mammoth Geothermal Complex (Q84698648)
item type: geothermal power station
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Mammoth Geothermal Complex is a complex of 4 geothermal power stations located at Casa Diablo Hot Springs about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Mammoth Lakes, California. The complex is owned by Ormat and operated by its subsidiary Mammoth Pacific.

1980 Mammoth Lakes earthquakes (Q126595364)
item type: earthquake
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1980 Mammoth Lakes earthquakes affected Eastern California with the sequence's largest shock occurring on May 25 and measuring Mw  6.2. The mainshock and its strong aftershocks located near the Yosemite National Park area were felt in parts of California and Nevada. Nine people were injured and there was significant damage in Mammoth Lakes.

2006 Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol Deaths (Q131824464)
item type: occurrence
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

On April 6, 2006, three members of the Mammoth Mountain ski patrol team died after falling into a volcanic fumarole near the summit during safety operations. The incident occurred while patrollers were securing a snow-covered geothermal vent following record snowfall. This event highlighted the risks associated with volcanic gases in the area and prompted investigations into safety protocols, as well as memorial efforts to honor the victims.

Sherwin Range (Q7495472)
item type: mountain range
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Sherwin Range is a mountain range that is a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada system, in Mono County, eastern California. The range is also known locally as The Sherwins.

Mono Pass (Q27236032)
item type: mountain pass
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)


USGS GNIS ID: 263752

Beck Lakes (Q19600384)
item type: group of lakes
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Beck Lakes are twin lakes in Madera County, California, in the United States.

USGS GNIS ID: 256772

Twenty Lakes Basin (Q21593107)
item type: basin
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Twenty Lakes Basin is located in California's eastern Sierra, east of Yosemite National Park, and includes Saddlebag Lake. It is the location of a hiking trail, with the trailhead at an elevation of 10,100 feet, and its base camps at Lee Vining and Mammoth Lakes.

Mount Andrea Lawrence (Q49051856)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mount Andrea Lawrence — informally, Gem Peak —is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 17th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park. It is southeast of Tuolumne Meadows.

USGS GNIS ID: 2744107

Minarets (Q6863211)
item type: former settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Minarets is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of North Fork.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Former populated places in California, Former settlements in Madera County, California
Tioga Pass caldera (Q113038913)
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Tioga Pass caldera is a Middle or Late Triassic caldera exposed near the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the U.S. state of California. Formation of the caldera was accompanied by the eruption of widespread 222-million-year-old rhyolitic ash flow tuff as an extensive outflow sheet. Metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the intracaldera sequence are exposed on Gaylor Peak and Mount Dana. The caldera and related volcanic and plutonic rocks were part of a magmatic arc along the continental margin of east-central California during the early Mesozoic.

Lions Fire (Q55391998)
item type: wildfire
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Lions Fire was a wildfire in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Inyo National Forest and the Sierra National Forest in California in the United States. The fire was started by a lightning strike and first reported on June 11, 2018. The fire impacted recreational activities in both national forests, as well as access to Devils Postpile National Monument. The Lions Fire burned a total of 13,347 acres (54 km2), before burning out on October 1.

Mount Barnard (Q6919623)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mount Barnard is a mountain in the U.S. state of California, and has the dubious distinction of being the highest thirteener, a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet (3,962 and 4,267 m) in elevation, in the United States. It is located on the Sierra Crest and straddles the boundary between Tulare and Inyo counties about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Mount Williamson, the second-highest peak in the state; Mount Barnard is the twelfth-highest.

USGS GNIS ID: 256535

Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 (Q5685629)
item type: aviation accident
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 was a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight between Hawthorne Industrial Airport, Nevada (HTH) and Hollywood-Burbank Airport, California (BUR/KBUR) that crashed into terrain near the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.

Jordan Hot Springs (Q49725163)
item type: hot spring
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Jordan Hot Springs is series of thermal mineral springs located in the Golden Trout Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California.

USGS GNIS ID: 244134

Sequoia-Kings Canyon (Q22670977)
item type: biosphere reserve
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)
Mount Versteeg (Q49055010)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Mount Versteeg is a 13,471-foot-elevation (4,106-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness. It is 15 miles (24 km) west-northwest of the community of Lone Pine, one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Mount Tyndall, one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Mount Williamson, and 0.68 mile northwest of Trojan Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Mt. Versteeg ranks as the 66th highest peak in California. Topographic relief is significant as it rises approximately 950 feet (290 meters) above Lake Helen of Troy in approximately 0.2 mile.

USGS GNIS ID: 1660096

Rush Creek (Q7380692)
item type: river
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Rush Creek is a 27.2-mile-long (43.8 km) creek in California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, running east and then northeast to Mono Lake. Rush Creek is the largest stream in the Mono Basin, carrying 41% of the total runoff. It was extensively diverted by the Los Angeles Aqueduct system in the twentieth century until California Trout, the National Audubon Society, and the Mono Lake Committee sued Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) for continuous low flows in Rush Creek to maintain trout populations in good condition, which was ordered by the court in 1985.

USGS GNIS ID: 267199

Boundary Creek (Q19600575)
item type: stream
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Boundary Creek is a stream in Madera County, California, in the United States.

USGS GNIS ID: 257389

Pointless Peak (Q112168950)
item type: mountain
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Pointless Peak, elevation 12,256 feet (3,736 m), is a mountain summit located in Inyo County of northern California, United States. Set one-half mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the peak is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It rises at the northern end of Little Lakes Valley, and is immediately west of Rock Creek Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,550 feet (780 meters) above this lake in approximately one mile (1.6 km). Neighbors include Mount Starr, 2.5 miles to the south, and line parent Mount Huntington, 1.4 mile to the northwest. This landform is also known as "Mono Mesa", but neither name is official and it will remain unofficial so long as the USGS policy of not adopting new toponyms in designated wilderness areas remains in effect.