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Coordinates: 37°22′13″N 118°23′43″W 37.370173000000001, -118.395383

Inyo National Forest

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: 798 North Main Street Bishop CA USA 93546
  • Telephone Number: +1-760-873-2500
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Inyo National Forest is a federally protected forest in the United States. It is mostly located in California 1839887 acrekm2, but has a small section in western Nevada of 60656 acrekm2. It stretches from the eastern side of Yosemite to south of Sequoia National Park. Geographically it is split in two, with each part roughly serving as a border of Owens Valley, the Mammoth Lakes region and the Mono Lake region. A majority of the forest is federally protected wilderness, including part of the Ansel Adams Wilderness.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, to early settlers of the area. The Inyo National Forest was named after url= Asked Questions|work=Inyo National Forest|publisher=US Forest Service|accessdate=2007-02-04}} It is located in parts of Inyo, Mono County, California|Mono , Tulare , and Madera counties in California, and Esmeralda and Mineral counties in Nevada. Forest headquarters are located in Lee Vining , Lone Pine , and Mammoth Lakes . The forest was established on May 25, 1907. On July 1, 1945 land from the former Mono National Forest was added.{{citation|title=Template:PDFlink. The most abundant trees in these forests are Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) and Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), but these are not the most fascinating. Somewhere on its high-elevation slopes and ridges, at an undisclosed location, is Methuselah (tree)|Methuselah , a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) that is the oldest non-clonal living tree on earth, over 4,839 years old.^[1]

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