Inyo County, California
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- Aguereberry Point — Natural · Inyo County, CA
West-side Death Valley overlook (~6,433 ft) in the Panamint Range, reached via Emigrant Canyon Road and a rough spur past Pete Aguereberry’s historic camp. B…
- Alabama Hills Movie Road — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Movie Road threads the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area among rounded granite outcrops with Mount Whitney on the skyline—the classic Western film backdrop.…
- Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (Schulman Grove) — Natural · Inyo County, CA
World-famous stand of Great Basin bristlecone pines on the White Mountains crest at ~10,000 ft—some of the oldest living trees on Earth. Schulman Grove visit…
- Ashford Mill — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Concrete ruins of a short-lived Death Valley gold mill and office on the valley floor off Badwater Road. Ore came from the Ashford Mine high in the Black Mou…
- Ballarat — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Remote gateway to the Panamint Mountains with crumbling structures, old cemetery, and usually one lone caretaker. Charles Manson's Barker Ranch is a rough dr…
- Beveridge — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Hard-to-reach 1870s–1880s silver camp high in the Inyo Mountains above Saline Valley, once home to the Keynote Mine and a short boom of stores and miners’ ca…
- Blackrock Waterfowl Management Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Managed wetland complex on the Lower Owens River Project (LORP) north of Independence — roughly 1,500–2,500 acres of off-river ponds, seeps, and seasonal hab…
- Cartago Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
CDFW Type-C wildlife area of about 232 acres of freshwater wetland and springs on the southwestern shore of Owens Lake at Cartago. One of the last spring-fed…
- Cerro Gordo — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
High Inyo silver-lead boomtown (est. 1865) perched above Owens Lake; once among California's richest mines with a peak population in the thousands. Original …
- China Lake Overlook (NAWS boundary views) — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Views toward the massive Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake — the Navys primary desert test range. Remote desert ridgelines and dry lakebeds dominate the v…
- Chrysopolis — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Short-lived Owens Valley mining camp on the east side of the valley north of Independence approaches. A thin Inyo ghost for a named silver-era settlement tha…
- Crater Mountain (Big Pine Volcanic Field) — Geology · Inyo County, CA
Young basalt shield and cinder-cone complex of the Big Pine volcanic field on the east side of Owens Valley south of Big Pine. Crater Mountain is the field’s…
- Darwin — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
1870s silver-lead camp on the west approach to Death Valley, between the Argus and Coso ranges. Boom population once numbered in the thousands; a tiny living…
- Darwin Falls — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Rare desert waterfall hidden in a lush canyon near Panamint Valley. A permanent spring-fed oasis with flowing water year-round — extremely unusual for Death …
- Death Valley Junction (Amargosa Opera House) — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Former Pacific Coast Borax company town and rail junction on the Amargosa Desert, centered on Marta Becket’s legendary hand-painted Amargosa Opera House — ad…
- Deep Springs Lake Ecological Reserve — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Remote 720-acre CDFW ecological reserve around a seasonal alkali lake in Deep Springs Valley, east of the White and Inyo ranges. Spring-fed wetlands here are…
- Delight's Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Inyo County, CA
Delight's Hot Springs Resort (also known locally as Death Valley Hot Springs) is a private complex on Tecopa Hot Springs Road in Inyo County, south of Death …
- Dirty Socks Spring — Hot Spring · Inyo County, CA
Free, unmaintained ~93°F artesian warm pool in a large circular concrete basin just off CA-190 near the south edge of Owens Lake—sulfur odor and algae give t…
- Dolomite — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
An Owens Valley industrial ghost community on the east shore corridor of Owens Lake, born as a Carson & Colorado Railroad siding and expanded after 1885 when…
- Eureka Dunes — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Tallest sand dunes in California (rising ~680 ft above Eureka Valley’s playa) inside northern Death Valley National Park. An isolated dune field at ~3,000 ft…
- Father Crowley Vista Point — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Signed pullout and short walk above Rainbow Canyon (Star Wars Canyon) on the western approach to Death Valley, with sweeping views into the multi-colored vol…
- Fish Slough — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
Rare desert wetland and riparian corridor on the Volcanic Tableland north of Bishop, managed as a CDFW Ecological Reserve with an overlapping BLM Area of Cri…
- Fossil Falls — Geology · Inyo County, CA
Pleistocene basalt channel where the ancestral Owens River once spilled over a lava dam, carving a dry waterfall of potholed, polished black rock at the foot…
- Great Falls Basin — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Granite canyon and seasonal waterfalls on the east face of the Argus Range west of Trona—BLM Wilderness Study Area with a short approach to the lower falls a…
- Greenwater — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Short-lived copper boom town (1906–about 1909) on the east side of the Black Mountains in Death Valley country. At its peak Greenwater claimed banks, newspap…
- Harrisburg — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
1905 Shorty Harris / Pete Aguereberry gold camp in Death Valley National Park, better known today for Aguereberry Camp, the Eureka Mine, and Cashier Mill rui…
- Keane Wonder Mine — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Death Valley gold camp (discovered 1903; boom 1907–1912) famous for a mile-long aerial tramway that dropped ore 1,500 ft from the upper mine to the mill. NPS…
- Keeler — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Cerro Gordo shipping town on the dry east shore of Owens Lake—smelter, soda works, and Carson & Colorado narrow-gauge terminus. Once a steamship and rail hub…
- Keough Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Inyo County, CA
Historic mineral hot springs complex on the volcanic east side of Owens Valley south of Bishop — developed pools and day-use soaking fed by natural geotherma…
- Laws Railroad Museum — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Preserved 1883 narrow-gauge depot and historic yard of the Carson & Colorado / Southern Pacific line at Laws, a few miles northeast of Bishop. Outdoor museum…
- Lila C — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Early Death Valley–Amargosa borax camp at the Lila C mine that spurred the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad spur from Death Valley Junction. Later operations shi…
- Lookout City — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
1880s silver camp of the Lookout Mining District on the Argus / Lookout Mountain side of Panamint Valley country west of Death Valley. Brief boom left stone …
- Manzanar National Historic Site — Historic · Inyo County, CA
NPS unit interpreting the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans at the Manzanar War Relocation Center on the floor of Owens Valley. The visitor center, re…
- Millspaugh — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Mining camp in the Argus Range country west of Panamint Valley, associated with early twentieth-century prospects away from the better-known Ballarat and Dar…
- Owens Lake — Natural · Inyo County, CA
Owens Lake is a vast mostly dry playa south of Lone Pine where alkali flats, dust control berms, and shallow ponds create stark minimalist landscapes. Mirror…
- Owens River Gorge — Geology · Inyo County, CA
Deep basalt canyon cut by the Owens River between Crowley Lake and Pleasant Valley Reservoir north of Bishop. Vertical jointed basalt walls expose Bishop Tuf…
- Owenyo — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Abandoned Carson & Colorado / Southern Pacific narrow-gauge transfer townsite ~5 miles north of Lone Pine in the Owens Valley. Owenyo was the valley’s rail s…
- Panamint City — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Silver-and-copper boom town in Surprise Canyon on the west slope of the Panamint Range (GNIS name Panamint). After 1872 discoveries the camp grew by 1874 to …
- Reilly — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Panamint Valley mining camp south of the Ballarat approaches, short-lived and thinly built. A classic Death Valley–region ghost pin for named camp geography …
- Saline Valley Warm Springs — Hot Spring · Inyo County, CA
Remote clothing-optional desert soak complex (Lower Warm Springs and nearby pools) on the floor of Saline Valley inside Death Valley National Park. Volcanic-…
- Salt Creek Interpretive Trail — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
ADA boardwalk over Salt Creek in Death Valley—one of the few surface streams in the park and habitat for the endemic Salt Creek pupfish. Short flat loop with…
- Sidewinder Canyon — Natural · Inyo County, CA
NPS-described wilderness canyon hike off Badwater Road in southern Death Valley — a demanding route into narrow, dark slot tributaries with boulder squeezes,…
- Skidoo — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
Death Valley gold camp at 5,600 ft in the Panamint Mountains, famous for a man being hanged twice — once alive, then again as a corpse for a late-arriving ph…
- Swansea CA — Ghost Town · Inyo County, CA
1870s Owens Lake port and silver-lead smelter town that processed Cerro Gordo ore barged across the lake. Remnants of the California Historical Landmark #752…
- Teakettle Junction — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Iconic Death Valley road junction on the washboard Racetrack Valley Road where routes to the Racetrack Playa, Hunter Mountain, and Ubehebe meet. Visitors han…
- Tecopa Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Inyo County, CA
Mineral hot springs community and public soak destination in the Amargosa Desert south of Death Valley. Inyo County’s Tecopa Hot Springs Park offers campgrou…
- Tinemaha Viewing Area — Wildlife · Inyo County, CA
A BLM wildlife overlook on the west side of Tinemaha Reservoir in the Owens Valley, built for 360-degree scanning of waterfowl, shorebirds, and tule elk agai…
- Volcanic Tableland (Chalk Bluff) — Geology · Inyo County, CA
South-facing escarpment of the Bishop Tuff Volcanic Tableland north of Bishop — a ~760,000-year-old welded rhyolite ignimbrite sheet erupted from the Long Va…
- Volcano Peak — Geology · Inyo County, CA
Prominent basaltic peak in the Coso Volcanic Field east of US-395 near Little Lake / Fossil Falls country. Part of the young volcanic landscape that fed lava…
- Wildrose Charcoal Kilns — Historic · Inyo County, CA
Ten beehive-shaped stone kilns lined up in upper Wildrose Canyon inside Death Valley National Park—among the best-preserved charcoal kilns in the West. Built…