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Paul Sumi

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« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2009, 06:11:38 pm »

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Pick up a current copy of "California Road & Recreation Atlas" by Benchmark Maps.  Good detailed road and trail maps, including type of road. It's very easy to get stuck once you leave the pavement. It also describes camping spots and what facilities are available.

A good "overview" is the Auto Club's Explore map series, which have area maps for the eastern Sierra, Death Valley, etc.

A few non-landscape/non-nature/non-hiking suggestions.

In Lone Pine there is a movie museum:
http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/museum.htm

A map of Movie Road in the Alabama Hills:
http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/m...ur_brochure.pdf

There's also a visitor center just south of Lone Pine.  I always stop there to talk with the ranger staff about current conditions when I come up from L.A.

There is a small museum in Independence (about 15 miles north of Lone Pine) which gives a good historical overview of the Owens Valley:
http://www.inyocounty.us/ecmuseum/

CalTech has a radio telescope array outside of Big Pine (off the road east to the White Mountains):
http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/

As mentioned earlier, Galen and Barbara Rowell's Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop:
http://www.mountainlight.com/

Just north of Lee Vining there is a visitor center overlooking Mono Lake

Paul
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« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2009, 01:32:28 am »

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I'm not sure what the snow conditions would be in mid June, however. The trail might still be covered in pretty deep snow. (It was the last time I tried it in June a few years ago.) Most of the trails in the high country might still be under snow, or under water (from the melting snow). You'll have to see what the conditions are when you get there. Even if you can only stay around the road, it's still quite scenic.
Lisa,

Nice images, looks like a beautiful place. Thanks for the suggestion. Although I'm piggybacking Dave's thread I'll actually be visiting in mid-July, so hopefully snow won't be an issue.
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« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2009, 10:37:50 am »

Thanks much, Jeff.

A suggestion for hiking in any of the meadow or lake areas high in the Sierras in June or even part of July: wear footwear that's good on soggy ground (from the snowmelt), and maybe even prepare to wade through some water in some places.

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