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Inyo National Forest is a federally protected forest
Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is mostly located in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 , but has a small section in western Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
 of . It stretches from the eastern side of Yosemite to south of Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada , east of Visalia, California, in the United States of America. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S....
. Geographically it is split in two, with each part roughly serving as a border of Owens Valley
Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in Eastern California in the United States. The valley is approximately long, trending north-south, and is bounded by the Inyo Mountains on the east, on the southeast by the Coso Range, on the south by Rose Valley, on the west by the Sierra Nevada , and on the north by Chalfant Valley....
, the Mammoth Lakes region and the Mono Lake
Mono Lake

Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird speciesand is an unusually productive ecosystem....
 region. A majority of the forest is federally protected wilderness, including part of the Ansel Adams Wilderness
Ansel Adams Wilderness

The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness is part of the Inyo National Forest and Sierra National Forest National Forests....
.

The name "Inyo" comes from a Native American word meaning "dwelling place of the great spirit." It was used by local Native Americans to describe the local mountains, now known as the Inyo Mountains
Inyo Mountains

The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States. The range separates the Owens Valley to the west with Saline Valley, California to the east, extending for approximately 70 mi SSE from the southern end of the White Mountains , from which they are separated by Westg...
, to early settlers of the area.






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Inyo National Forest is a federally protected forest
Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is mostly located in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 , but has a small section in western Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
 of . It stretches from the eastern side of Yosemite to south of Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park

Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada , east of Visalia, California, in the United States of America. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S....
. Geographically it is split in two, with each part roughly serving as a border of Owens Valley
Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in Eastern California in the United States. The valley is approximately long, trending north-south, and is bounded by the Inyo Mountains on the east, on the southeast by the Coso Range, on the south by Rose Valley, on the west by the Sierra Nevada , and on the north by Chalfant Valley....
, the Mammoth Lakes region and the Mono Lake
Mono Lake

Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird speciesand is an unusually productive ecosystem....
 region. A majority of the forest is federally protected wilderness, including part of the Ansel Adams Wilderness
Ansel Adams Wilderness

The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness is part of the Inyo National Forest and Sierra National Forest National Forests....
.

The name "Inyo" comes from a Native American word meaning "dwelling place of the great spirit." It was used by local Native Americans to describe the local mountains, now known as the Inyo Mountains
Inyo Mountains

The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States. The range separates the Owens Valley to the west with Saline Valley, California to the east, extending for approximately 70 mi SSE from the southern end of the White Mountains , from which they are separated by Westg...
, to early settlers of the area. The Inyo National Forest was named after Inyo County, California
Inyo County, California

Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and south of Yosemite National Park....
, in which much of the Forest resides. It is located in parts of Inyo, Mono
Mono County, California

Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada....
, Tulare
Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the California Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno, California. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border ....
, and Madera
Madera County, California

Madera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the California Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County, California....
 counties in California, and Esmeralda
Esmeralda County, Nevada

Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield, Nevada. Its 2000 census population was officially 971, making its population density 0.1045 inhabitants/km? , the second-lowest of any county-equivalent outside of Alaska....
 and Mineral
Mineral County, Nevada

Mineral County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 5,071. Its county seat is Hawthorne, Nevada....
 counties in Nevada. Forest headquarters are located in Bishop, California
Bishop, California

Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, California, USA. The population was 3,575 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Bishop Creek , flowing out of the Sierra Nevada : the creek was named after Samuel Addison Bishop, a settler in the Owens Valley....
. The forest was established on May 25, 1907. On July 1, 1945 land from the former Mono National Forest
Mono National Forest

Mono National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in California and Nevada on July 1, 1908 with 659,456 acres, almost all in California, from parts of Inyo National Forest, Toiyabe National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest and Sierra National Forest National Forests....
 was added.

The Forest also harbors an estimated of old-growth forests. The most abundant trees in these forests are Lodgepole Pine
Lodgepole Pine

Lodgepole Pine is a common tree in western North America. Like all pines, it is evergreen.There are three subspecies, one of them with two Variety ....
 (Pinus contorta) and Jeffrey Pine
Jeffrey Pine

Jeffrey Pine , named in honor of its documenter John Jeffrey , is a North American pine related to Ponderosa Pine. It occurs from southwest Oregon south through much of California , to northern Baja California in Mexico....
 (Pinus jeffreyi), but these are not the most fascinating. Somewhere on its high-elevation slopes and ridges, at an undisclosed location, is "Methuselah
Methuselah (tree)

Methuselah is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains , which was 4,789 years old when sampled in 1957 by Schulman and Harlan....
", a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine

Pinus longaeva, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, is a long living species of tree found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States....
 (Pinus longaeva) that is the oldest non-clonal living tree on earth, over 4,839 years old.

Destinations

Popular within Inyo National Forest are:
  • Mono Lake
    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird speciesand is an unusually productive ecosystem....
  • Tioga Lake
    Tioga Lake

    Tioga Lake is a small glacier-carved lake in the Inyo National Forest, about two miles north of the Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite National Park....
  • Tioga Pass
    Tioga Pass

    Tioga Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park....
  • June Lake
  • Lone Pine
    Lone Pine

    Lone Pine is a series of Children's literature written by Malcolm Saville.Although they were written over a 35-year timespan, between 1943 and 1978, the characters only age by a few years in the course of the series....
  • Mammoth Lakes
  • Mount Whitney
    Mount Whitney

    Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the contiguous United States with an elevation of . It is located at the boundary between California's Inyo County, California and Tulare County, California counties, just west of the lowest point in North America at Badwater in Death Valley National Park ....
  • Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
    Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

    The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, located in the White Mountains of California, is home to the oldest known living trees on earth, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Pinus longaeva....


See also

  • Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
  • Owens Valley
    Owens Valley

    Owens Valley is the arid valley of the Owens River in Eastern California in the United States. The valley is approximately long, trending north-south, and is bounded by the Inyo Mountains on the east, on the southeast by the Coso Range, on the south by Rose Valley, on the west by the Sierra Nevada , and on the north by Chalfant Valley....
  • White Mountains (California)
    White Mountains (California)

    The White Mountains of California are a triangular fault-block mountain mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley....
  • Mono Lake
    Mono Lake

    Mono Lake is an alkaline and hypersaline lake in California, United States that is a critical nesting habitat for several bird speciesand is an unusually productive ecosystem....