Places for more Information; Museums,
Chambers of Commerce, general Info sites
for places listed in our Tourist Information pages
The following list is my creation - if you have corrections or updates, or want to be added, please get to me @ jwest@ridgenet.net
Janet Westbrook, Professor of Biology, emeritus, Naturalist; updated 6/30/2011
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/
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
Death Valley National Park Visitor Center
Hwy 190 at Furnace Creek
Death Valley, CA 93238 (760) 786-3200
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
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
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/
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
Museum of Lone Pine Film History
701 S. Hwy 395, across from High school
Lone Pine, CA (760) 876-9909
http://www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org/content/
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
Mono Lake Committee Information Center
Hwy 395 and 3rd Street
P.O. Box 29 (760) 647-6595
Lee Vining, CA 93541
Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center
2301 West Line Street
Bishop, CA 93514 (760) 873-3145
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/default.asp?page_id=631
U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (China Lake Museum)
1 Pearl Harbor Way
P.O. Box 217clmf1@ridgenet.net
Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (760) 939-3530
http://www.chinalakemuseum.org/
Sources of information
AAA - Automobile Club of Southern California
Ridgecrest members may order books, maps on-line
There is an office in Bishop
http://www.aaa-calif.com/publications/
Alison Sheehey’s nature site - Kern River Preserve
http://www.natureali.org/
Death Valley Natural History Association
P.O. Box 188 (800) 748-8564
Death Valley, CA 92328 (760) 786-3285
Friends of Jawbone Canyon
Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert
Historic USO Building, 230 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. R/C
P.O. Box 2001 (760) 375-8456
Ridgecrest, CA 93556-2001
Information Center of Indian Wells Valley
100 W. California Ave (in City Hall)
Ridgecrest, CA 93555 (760) 499-5015
Inyo County - The Other Side of California
Big Pine, Bishop, Death Valley, Independence, Lone Pine
http://www.theothersideofcalifornia.com/
Kerncrest Audubon Society
P.O. Box 984 Ridgecrest, CA 93556-0984
http://www.kerncrestaudubon.org/
Scenic Hwy 395
Scenic Hwy 178
Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society
annual open house on Searles Lake, 2nd weekend in October
http://www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub/
Searles Valley Historical Society
Old Guest House Museum & History H, RR
13193 Main St.
P.O. Box 630 (760) 372-5222
Trona, CA 93592
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 - Sequoia National Forest
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/
Interagency Information about Wilderness Areas
Chambers of Commerce, etc.
Bishop Chamber of Commerce and
Visitors Bureau
690 N. Main St.
Bishop, CA 93514
(760) 873-8405 (888) 395-3952
California City Chamber of Commerce
21000 Hacienda Blvd (760) 373-8661
California City, CA 93505
Death Valley Chamber of Commerce
118 Highway 127
P.O. Box 157 (760) 852-4524
Shoshone, CA 92384-0157
http://www.deathvalleychamber.org
Inyokern Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 232
Inyokern, CA 93527-0232
(760) 377-4804
Kernville Chamber of Commerce
11447 Kernville Road
Kernville, CA 93238 (760) 376-2629
http://www.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
Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce
128 E. California Ave. Suite B
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
(760) 375-8331 FAX (760) 375-0365
http://www.ridgecrestchamber.com
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