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
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/