Free campgrounds and camping CALIFORNIA CAMPGROUNDS SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS ALABAMA HILLS RECREATION AREA MOUNT WHITNEY Alabama Hills Alabama Hills Tuttle Creek Road Sierra Nevada Mountains Whitney Portal Road Whitney Portal Road Mount Whitney Arch Off Whitney Portal Road ARCHES OF ALABAMA HILLS Photos, information, and directions about the Arches of Alabama Hills. There are 100's of natural arches.

Whitney Portal Road towards Big Pine, CA Whitney Portal Road Incredible views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, including Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Whitney Portal Road towards Lone Pine, CA Alabama Hills in the Valley Movie Flat Road North entrance of Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills Recreation Area

Alabama Hills Recreation Area Alabama Hills were named in the 1860's during the Civil War by Southern sympathizers in honor of the Confederate warship CSS Alabama. The Alabama Hills Recreation Area was dedicated in 1969 by Bureau of Land Management and encompasses almost 30,000 acres. View from Information Area Whitney Portal Road near Lone Pine, CA Sign at Alabama Hills Recreation Area Movie Flat Road Movie Flat Road Spur road past the Heart Arch Roads wind through the rock formations. Vehicles must stay on established roads. Balanced rocks are common... Besides natural arches and windows, there are several balanced rocks. Balanced Rocks There are petroglyphs on and around the Three Balanced Rocks. See images below. Petroglyph from Alabama Hills Same rock as the Three Balanced Boulders 44"x 25" N 36°36.361 W 118°07.064 There are some petroglyphs in the Alabama Hills, but they are not your average Indian drawings. There are lots of petroglyphs on thes rocks Northwest from the Three Balanced Rocks MOVIES FILMED IN ALABAMA HILLS Over 300 films and numerous commercials have been shot on location in the Alabama Hills and Lone Pine area. On this day, they were filming "Iron Man". Movie Road was closed to the public. (April 4, 2007) "Gunga Din" Filmed Here Point of Historical Interest Located on Horseshoe Meadow Road In 1938, this hill area, among many others in the Alabama Hills, served as a stand-in for the hill country of Northern India when RKO made the classic adventure film, 'Gunga Din'. Directed by George Stevens, the epic starred Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen and Joan Fontaine with Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din, the waterboy who wanted so much to be a soldier. "Gunga Din" Point of Historical Interest "Gunga Din" Point of Historical Interest Continue past the historic plaque for "Gunga Din" and there is a great camp area hidden in the rocks. PHOTO HERE Camp located on dirt road past the Gunga Din Historical Marker Camps in the rock formations. This camp is .7 mile on Movie Road and turn right. Work your way down into the left side of the rock formations. The road is narrow through the canyons of rock. N 36°36.243 W 118°07.105 Road through rock formations (Photo from above camp) Primitive Firering Firering with Wood N 36°36.414 W 118°07.839 These camps are 1 1/4 mile north on Movie Road. Turn left towards the base of the hill. Every road this direction leads to a campsite. Mount Whitney 14,497' Lone Pine Peak 12,994' MOUNTAIN PEAKS Lone Pine Peak Mt Langley Mt Russell Mt Whitney Thor Peak 12,994' 14,042' 14,086' 14,497' 12,300' Hawk at Alabama Hills PHOTO HERE A hawk chasing down a raven, but it goes both ways, sometimes the ravens are attacking the hawks. Graffiti artist at work Old cans... There's not much litter, mostly you find old cans and such. Found some coins from the 1960's and what appeared to be hardware from an old wagon. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHAT FIRE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT You need a CALIFORNIA FIRE PERMIT. Fire permits available for free at the Ranger Station Shovel and water required when dispersed camping. Rattlesnake at Alabama Hills RATTLESNAKE FACTS Hippie Caves N 36°35.110 W 118°05.398 These are a couple caves / mines that have been turned into living quarters. Lots of garbage and junk around. Access from Tuttle Creek Road. Old Mine on Tuttle Creek Road About the size of a small cabin. N 36°35.045 W 118°04.848 PHOTO HERE Underground Miner Houses N 36°35.292' W 118°04.728 PHOTO HERE Indian Cemetery... no actual photos for respect of the Indian Spirits that are here. N 36°35.292' W 118°04.728 Mass Grave of 1872 Earthquake Victims North of Lone Pine, CA N 36°37.104 W 118°04.129 ESTABLISHED CAMPGROUNDS: These are campgrounds that charge fees. Horseshoe Meadow / Cottonwood Pass COTTONWOOD PASS WALK-IN C.G. Fee area Picnic tables, metal firerings, vaulted toilets, garbage service, water(In season), and bear proof storage lockers COTTONWOOD LAKES WALK-IN C.G. Fee area part of Horseshoe Meadow Diaz Lake Campground DIAZ LAKE RECREATION AREA Inyo County Campground $10 Overnight Camping Free Day Use Area Picnic tables, metal firerings, vaulted toilets, garbage service, and drinking water. N xx° W xx° HORSESHOE MEADOW EQUESTRIAN C.G. Fee area Road towards Lone Pine Campground LONE PINE CAMPGROUND Free during winter months 14 Day Limit Picnic tables, metal firerings, vaulted toilets, and garbage service. Bear proof food lockers. From Lone Pine take Whitney Portal Road... N xx° W xx° Oak Creek Campground OAK CREEK CAMPGROUND Free during winter months 14 Day Limit Picnic tables, metal firerings, vaulted toilets About 1 1/2 mile north of Independence Turn towards Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery Portagee Joe Campground N 36°36.001 W 118°04.295 PORTAGE JOE CAMPGROUND Inyo County Campground $10 Overnight Camping Free Day Use Area Picnic tables, metal firerings, BBQ grills, vaulted toilets, garbage, and drinking water. Next to a power substation and high voltage powerlines. Taboose Campground TABOOSE CAMPGROUND Inyo County Campground $10 Overnight Camping Picnic tables, metal firerings, BBQ grills, vaulted toilets, garbage, and drinking water. High voltage powerlines through the camp TINEMAHA CAMPGROUND Inyo County Campground $10 Overnight Camping Picnic tables, metal firerings, BBQ grills, vaulted toilets, garbage, and drinking water. Surrounded by lava flows. High voltage powerlines through the camp TUTTLE CREEK CAMPGROUND BLM Campground on Tuttle Creek. Last year they implemented a $5 fee (Before was the donation system) Closed in winter WHITNEY PORTAL GROUP CAMP There are some walk-in Campsites... Also see: INYO NATIONAL FOREST More information about campgrounds in the Inyo National Forest and surrounding area.

DIRECTIONS: From Lone Pine, CA / Hwy.395 (At the only stop light in town) Turn west on Whitney Portal Road 2 1/2 mile turn right on Movie Flat Road (More camp areas towards Horseshoe Meadows) Whitney Portal Road Lone Pine 2007 ROAD CONDITIONS Whitney Portal Road is paved. Dirt roads throughout Alabama Hills. Mostly maintained with washboards. RV's should stay on main roads. Snow not plowed in winter. WEATHER: Lone Pine Whitney Summit The wind on the mountain peaks was reported to be 120 miles per hour. Feb. 26, 2007 NOISE LEVEL: About the only noises are from the birds and occasional military planes... and then the exceptions, like some movie production doing explosions. Scarlet Locoweed Alabama Hills Recreation Area March 10, 2007 FLOWERS OF THE ALABAMA HILLS A photo collection of wildflowers Alabama Hills Recreation Area LINKS: http://www.lonepinechamber.org/ Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce Includes a map of film locations... Lone Pine, CA Lone Pine, CA MILEAGE CHART: Mileage from Lone Pine, CA Big Pine 40 miles Bishop 54 miles Reno, Nevada xx miles Los Angeles, CA xx miles Death Valley Museum 105 miles Death Valley Junction 133 miles Death Valley National Park is about 50 miles. Drinking water at Diaz Lake or Portagee Joe C.G. Most established campgrounds and recreation areas have good drinking water. Showers at Rock Creek RV Park (About 3 miles south of Lone Pine) Cost: $5.00 Showers at Diaz Lake??? There are solar showers, but in bad shape and were closed in 2007??? Showers located in Big Pine, CA. Buy token at the Mobile Gas Station. Cost $3.50 for 10 minutes. Showers at Furnace Creek, Death Valley Wireless Internet connections at several locations in Bishop or Mommoth. Best Grocery Store in Bishop, CA is Manor Market on Hwy.168 west of town. (At the Shell Gas Station) Much cheaper and fresher produce than the major food chains... Old house in Keeler, CA KEELER, CALIFORNIA Photos from Keeler, CA Located on Hwy.136 13 miles east from Lone Pine, CA What a bizarre town... a complete subculture. Included under the listing for Ghost Towns. Underground House in Darwin, CA DARWIN, CALIFORNIA Darwin is located a couple miles south of Hwy.190 (Just west of Death Valley National Park). It could be listed as a Ghost Town, but people live here. There are sections of interesting old company houses... Manzanar National Historic Site Manzanar National Historic Site MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (9 miles north of Lone Pine, CA) Manzanar was a Japanese Relocation Center during World War II. It is one square mile and was enclosed with barb wire. It housed over 11,000 internees between March 1942 and November 1945. www.nps.gov/manz N 36°43.553 W 118°08.719 Elevation 3853' Manzanar Airport Old and overgrown with weeds Bristlecone Pine trees are the oldest known living things on earth at over 5000 years. Sierra Vista Overlook on White Mountain Road towards the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST Take Hwy.395 north to Big Pine, CA One of our favorites with incredible views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Elevations above 10,000 feet. Space building in Cartago, CA N 36°19.146 W 118°01.608 Olancha, CA There are several old and abandoned buildings. Hwy.395 at Junction of Hwy.190 Olancha Store Olancha, CA This building is about 2 miles south Buildings near Coso Junction N 36.05.278 W 117.57.599 (GPS opposite side of highway 395) Buildings 36 miles south from Lone Pine. 3 miles north of Coso Rest Area on Hwy.395 Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns N 36.24.910 W 118.00.717 COTTONWOOD CHARCOAL KILNS Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns. From Lone Pine take Hwy.395 south about 11.5 miles. There is a small road marker. The charcoal kilns are to the east about 1/4 mile. Elk at Wildlife Viewing Area on Hwy.395 Between Big Pine and Independence, CA

Camped here Feb.20, 2007 ARCHES OF ALABAMA HILLS Photos, information, and directions about the Arches of Alabama Hills. ESTABLISHED CAMPGROUNDS: INYO NATIONAL FOREST See: Inyo National Forest Information Includes photos and descriptions. From the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mt.Whitney at 14,496' to the lowest place, Badwater, at nearly 282' below sea level, extreme landscapes abound, every road and turn produces something new... Badwater Basin 282 Feet Below Sea Level Death Valley National Park DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK Photos and information about Death Valley. Includes free Campground Directory. Also see: BAKER CREEK Also see: BIG SPRINGS Also see: BRECKENRIDGE Also see: BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST Also see: BUTTERMILK COUNTRY Also see: CHIMNEY PEAK Also see: COTTONWOOD CANYON Also see: CROWLEY LAKE Also see: DEADMAN C.G Also see: DEATH VALLEY / SALINE Also see: DEATH VALLEY / WILDROSE Also see: GLASS CREEK Also see: GOVERNMENT WASH Also see: HARTLEY SPRINGS Also see: KIRCH FLAT Also see: LAKE ISABELLA Also see: PINE CREEK Also see: PV PIT CAMPGROUND Also see: SALT SPRINGS RESERVOIR Also see: SHERMAN PASS ROAD Also see: TRONA PINNACLES Also see: WAGON WHEEL Also see: WALKER PASS Bristlecone Pines CAMPGROUND INDEX CAMPING RECIPES CAMPING CHECKLISTS TOURIST PHOTOS Natural Walls Slime on Stream near Movie Road Stream near Movie Road Creek Bed Beavertail Cactus at Alabama Hills Recreation Area Cactus... Insects and Bugs Insect and Bugs Dust Devils north of Alabama Hills Face Rock on Whitney Portal Road About 2 miles west of Lone Pine, CA N 36°35.794 W 118°05.911 California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula) Aggressive little snake. He assumed an attack position and his tail switched back and fourth like a rattlesnake without the noise. Asbestos dumped in Alabama Hills... Don't know where to dump your asbestos, don't want to pay the high deposal fees, then dump your asbestos in the Alabama Hills. Funny Clouds over Alabama Hills. The weather forecast was for sunny and clear skies CHEMTRAILS Chemtrails over Alabama Hills February 2007 www.eugenecarsey.com Free campgrounds and camping CALIFORNIA CAMPGROUNDS SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS MOUNT WHITNEY ALABAMA HILLS