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TOUR #1
Prisoners, Pioneers, & Fish Packers
Call for available dates and tour prices
Sightseeing Highlights:
Manzanar National Historic Site – Imagine living in San Francisco and your family is rounded up with others and relocated to the remoteness of the eastern Sierra just before World War II. Experience how Japanese Americans endured this indignity during the war years.
Eastern California Museum – Stroll around and view both outdoor and indoor exhibits/displays of 1800’s frontier life in the Owens Valley. Marvel at the amazing Native American basketry on display at the museum.
Historic Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery – Experience a unique architectural feature unlike any other in the Owens Valley. Learn how the hatchery, now an educational facility, was designed to “match the mountains, last forever, and be a showcase for all time.”
Meet at Bishop Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau at 8:15 am.Total tour approximately 4 hours. Reservations Recommended. Capacity limited.
Tour participants should wear comfortable shoes...you may want to walk a bit at some of the stops.
TOUR #2
Call for available dates and tour prices
Sightseeing Highlights:
Owens Valley Radio Observatory – Ready to leave our planet? That’s what it might seem like when you visit this spectacular California Institute of Technology laboratory constructed to measure radio waves in outer space. A rare opportunity, indeed!
Laws Historic Site – Take the opportunity to ride a historic mining ore cart converted to a personnel carrier for the miners of Pine Creek Mine. Then experience frontier life of the late 1800’s to early twentieth century at this outdoor and indoor museum of buildings, exhibits, and structures
Meet at Bishop Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau at 8:15 am.Total tour approximately 4 hours. Reservations Recommended. Capacity limited.
Tour participants should wear comfortable shoes...you may want to walk a bit at some of the stops.
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The Fall Colors in the Bishop area are the last week of September and first week October.
Autumn is our favorite season! Trees are ablaze in hues of orange, yellow, gold
and crimson. Enjoy warm, sunny days and mild evenings. There's a hint of winter
in the air, but summer won't quite let go.
The Bishop area offers a remarkable
contrast of fall color. From majestic cottonwood trees in the Owens Valley,
to quaking aspens draping the high country, you'll be delighted by the range
of color at various elevations. Hues of gold mixed with some red begin to show
in the higher elevations of Bishop Creek Canyon (South Lake, Lake Sabrina) in
early September and typically reach their peak during the first week of October.
Along
the Owens Valley floor, the colors appear later, generally from late September
through late October (weather permitting). Color change is very dependent on temperature and forecasting
is difficult. We encourage you to revisit this page often during the season to
get the most current area fall color information.
Click Here to view the pdf version of the Fall Color guide.
Click here for the
latest weather forecast.
The Bishop area now has a local photographer offering a guide service
to the best photographic sites in Inyo and Mono counties! Don Roberts Photography
offering a photography guide service
476 Church St.
Bishop, CA 93514
760-873-7678
www.bishopartsupply.com
Parcher's Resort in Bishop Creek Canyon has also posted some photographs of this year's colors.
Click here to see those pictures, courtesy of Parcher's Resort.
The Sacremento Bee has a great seasonal fall color report to see what is changing and where!
Click here to view their report.
CaliforniaFallColor.com also has a great seasonal fall color report to see what is changing and where!
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