Alabama Hills, Mountain range in Inyo County, California.
The Alabama Hills consist of rounded rocks and eroded formations situated between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Inyo Mountains in eastern California.
Southern sympathizers named their mining claims after the Confederate warship USS Alabama during the Civil War, establishing the name for the entire range.
The area serves as a filming location for numerous productions, including Western movies and television shows, since the early days of cinema.
Visitors access the area by traveling west on Whitney Portal Road from Lone Pine and turning right onto Movie Flat Road.
The Mobius Arch frames Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, creating natural viewpoints for photographers.
Location: California
Location: Inyo County
Made from material: metamorphic rock
GPS coordinates: 36.61000,-118.10000
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:23
California offers more than its well-traveled routes. Across the state, locations exist that few visitors reach, even though they show landscapes and histories found nowhere else. This collection includes natural areas, abandoned structures, and stretches of coast that lie beyond the usual travel circuits. Destinations range from Fern Canyon with its moss-covered walls in Humboldt County to the volcanic cone of Amboy Crater in the Mojave Desert and the ruins of Sutro Baths in San Francisco. Beaches such as Pfeiffer Beach and El Matador Beach offer sand and rocky coves. Bodie State Historic Park preserves a ghost town from the 1800s, while the Salton Sea presents a vast salt lake in the middle of the desert. Other places include sea caves in Dana Point, hot springs in Death Valley, and metal sculptures in the Anza-Borrego Desert.
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