September California Trip
9/17
Saltdale Railroad Tracks
• 1st stop today (of my last day in CA for this trip).
• Saltdale is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located near
Koehn Lake 21 miles south-southwest of Ridgecrest near Garlock, California.
It is at an elevation of 1,923 feet. The town was founded in 1914 for salt harvesting from Koehn Dry Lake. (Wikipedia)
• This "town" (of which I could find no evidence) is on Redrock-Randsburg Rd,
between CA-14 and US-395, north of Mojave, CA.
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Alabama Hills
• 2nd stop today (of my last day in CA for this trip).
Actually, this should be called the 2nd and 4th, as we stopped here on the way to Whitney Portal
(all the distance shots), as well as after Whitney Portal also (all the close-up stuff and the videos).
• The Alabama Hills are located just west of the city of Lone Pine, CA, which is on US-395 in the Owens Valley.
You drive through Lone Pine, and the Alabama Hills, to get to Whitney Portal.
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Whitney Portal
• 3rd stop today (of my last day in CA for this trip).
• Whitney Portal is the trailhead for those who wish to hike to the top of Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the contiguous United States. The portal is 13 miles west of the city of Lone Pine, CA and is at an elevation of 8,374ft.
Mt. Whitney is at an elevation of 14,505ft. The trail is 21.4 miles, round trip.
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