Museums/Visitor Centers -

(all  have books for sale on the local area)

 

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Schulman Grove VC

            23 mi. east of Big Pine via Hwy 168

            and White Mountain Road

            contact USFS in Bishop  (760) 873-2500

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/bristlecone/

index.shtml

 

Bodie State Historic Park

            13 mi. east of Hwy 395, between Mono

             Lake and Bridgeport

            P.O. Box 515   Bridgeport, CA 93517

            (760) 647-6455

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509

http://www.bodie.com

 

Death Valley National Park Visitor Center

            Hwy 190 at Furnace Creek

            Death Valley, CA 93238   (760) 786-3200

http://www.nps.gov/deva/

http://www. Maturango.org/DeathV.html

 

Eastern California Museum

            155 N. Grant St (3 blocks west of Hwy

             395 at Courthouse)

            P.O. Box 206      (760) 878-0258

            Independence, CA 93526 

http://www.inyocounty.us/ecmuseum/

 

Eastern Sierra InterAgency Visitor Center

pick up Mt. Whitney permits here now

            Intersection of Hwy 395 and 136

            P.O. Box R   (760) 876-6222

            Lone Pine, CA 93545-2017

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/contact/

 

Jawbone Station Visitor Information Center

            28111 Jawbone Rd.   Cantil, CA 93519 

            P.O. Box 1161, Mojave, CA 93502-1161

            (760) 373-1146     FAX (760) 373-1165

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ridgecrest/jawbone_open_area.html        

 jawbone@ccis.com

 

Kern River Valley Historical Society Museum

            49 Big Blue Rd

            P.O. Box 651   (760) 376-6683

            Kernville, CA 93238

http://www.kernvalley.com/kvmuseum/kernvalleymuseum/

 

Laws Railroad Museum

            6 miles north of Bishop on Hwy 6,

            on Silver Canyon Road

            P.O. Box 363             

            Bishop, CA 93515

            (760) 873-5950

http://lawsmuseum.org

 

Museum of Lone Pine Film History

            701 S. Hwy 395, across from High school

            Lone Pine, CA  (760) 876-9909

http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/museum.htm       

lonepinemovies@aol.com

 

Maturango Museum

 (and Northern Mojave Visitor Center, Death Valley Tourist Center)

            100 E. Las Flores Ave

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555

            (760) 375-6900    FAX (760) 375-0479

http://www.Maturango.org

            matmus6@maturango.org

 

Mono Lake Committee Information Center

            Hwy 395 and 3rd Street

            P.O. Box 29       (760) 647-6595

            Lee Vining, CA 93541

http://www.monolake.org

            info@monolake.org

 

Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center

            2301 West Line Street

            Bishop, CA 93514    (760) 873-3145

http://www.freewebs.com/ovpscc/index.html

 

Randsburg Desert Museum

            156 Butte Ave/P.O. Box 307

            Randsburg, CA 93554  (760) 374-2359

http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1152788

 

Red Rock Canyon State Park Visitor Center

            Abbot Drive, Hwy 14   Cantil, CA   93519

            (no phone, no cell service either) 

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=631

 

U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology   (China Lake Museum)

            1 Pearl Harbor Way

            P.O. Box 217              clmf1@ridgenet.net

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555  (760) 939-3530

http://www.chinalakemuseum.org/

 

Other sources of information

           

AAA - Automobile Club of Southern California

Ridgecrest members may order books, maps on-line

http://www.aaa-calif.com/publications/

           

Death Valley Natural History Association

            P.O. Box 188                    (800) 748-8564

            Death Valley, CA 92328  (760) 786-3285

http://www.dvnha.org 

 

Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert

            302 Station Street

            P.O. Box 2001                    (760) 375-8456

            Ridgecrest, CA 93556-2001

http://www.Maturango.org/Hist.html

           

Information Center of Indian Wells Valley

            100 W. California Ave  (in City Hall)

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555      (760) 499-5015

           

Kerncrest Audubon Society

          P.O. Box 984  Ridgecrest, CA 93556-0984

http://www.kerncrestaudubon.org/

 

Searles Valley Historical Society

Old Guest House Museum & History H, RR

            13193 Main St.

            P.O. Box 630    (760) 372-5222

            Trona, CA 93592

http://www1.iwvisp.com/svhs

            tronamuseum@verizon.net

 

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

            Ridgecrest Field Office

            300 S. Richmond Rd.

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555

            (760) 384-5400   FAX (760) 385-5499

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ridgecrest.html

           

U.S. Forest Service

            Kernville Ranger Station

            105 Whitney Rd, Kernville  (760) 376-3781

            Lake Isabella Ranger Station

            4875 Ponderosa Dr, Lake Isabella

            (760) 379-5646

            Giant Sequoia National Monument

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/

 

 

Chambers of Commerce, etc.

 

Bishop Chamber of Commerce and

Visitors Bureau

            690 N. Main St.

            Bishop, CA 93514

            (760) 873-8405  (888)  395-3952

http://www.bishopvisitor.com/

            info@bishopvisitor.com

 

Death Valley Chamber of Commerce

            118 Highway 127

            P.O. Box 157       (760) 852-4524

            Shoshone, CA 92384-0157

http://www.deathvalleychamber.org

            deathvalleych@veawb.coop

 

Inyokern Chamber of Commerce

            P.O. Box 232

            Inyokern, CA 93527-0232

            (760) 377-4804

http://www.myinyokern.com

 

Kernville Chamber of Commerce

            11447 Kernville Road

            Kernville, CA 93238  (760) 376-2629

http://www.kernvillechamber.org

            office@kernvillechamber.org

 

Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce

            126 S. Main St.

            P.O. Box 749

            Lone Pine, CA 93545

            (760) 876-4444    (877) 253-8981

http://www.lonepinechamber.org

            info@lonepinechamber.org

 

Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce

            128 E. California Ave. Suite B

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555

            (760) 375-8331      FAX (760) 375-0365

http://www.ridgecrestchamber.com

            chamber@ridgenet.net

 

Ridgecrest Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission     racvb@filmdeserts.com     

            139 Balsam St, Suite 1700

            Ridgecrest, CA 93555  (800) 847-4830

            (760) 375-8202    FAX (760) 375-9850

http://www.visitdeserts.com/