Whitney Portal Road – Lone Pine CA

City:
Lone Pine, CA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Description

The CCC camp in Lone Pine (part of the Inyo National Forest) completed the Whitney Portal Road to the trailhead for Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48 states, at 14,497 feet.

Source notes

newspaper articles, CCC newsletters

Location Info

Whitney Portal Road
Lone Pine, CA 93545
Tulare County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 36.599936, -118.18800

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