Inyo County, County in California
Inyo County is the second largest county in California, featuring diverse landscapes from deserts to mountains.
Established in 1866, Inyo County has a rich mining history, notably for its production of gold and silver.
The county includes parts of the Native American homeland of the Paiute and Shoshone peoples.
Home to Death Valley National Park, Inyo County attracts tourists seeking adventure and natural beauty.
It contains the lowest and highest points in the contiguous United States—Badwater Basin and Mount Whitney, respectively.
Location: California
Inception: 1866
Capital city: Independence
Population: 19016
Website: countyofinyo.org
Sources: Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap
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Inyo County is the second largest county in California, featuring diverse landscapes from deserts to mountains.
Death Valley is a desert valley located within the Mojave Desert and is known as the hottest place on earth.
General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California.
Sequoia National Park is famous for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman tree, the largest on Earth.
Methuselah is a 4,852-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California.
Manzanar is one of the sites where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II.
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The Chicken Ranch is a legally operating brothel located in Pahrump, Nevada.
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Charleston Peak, also known as Mount Charleston, is the highest peak in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County.
Sedan Crater is a large nuclear crater at the Nevada Test Site.
