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Lone Pine is a small town that's close to the Manzanar Historic Site and the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery. You can also stop at the Cottonwood Kilns on your way in. It's got some good restaurants and shops and people are friendly. Seasons, The Merry Go-Round, and Alabama Hills Cafe are good places to eat and there are a couple of saloons in town as well, if that's your thing. Some beautiful views of the Eastern Sierras, too... About a 4-hour drive from L.A. it's a nice place to visit and there are probably opportunities for hiking in the local mountains.

Loved the history, beauty and pace of the town! It was so close to so many amazing outdoor places to visit!!! Alabama Hills, Whitney Portal, Cerro Gordo Mining town, Schat's Bakery in Bishop, just to name a few fantastic places! Great times!!!

The city is small and comfortable; has good restaurants; residents are friendly and kind; the Film Museum is awesome; Manzanar is a must to go national historic site; the Alabama Hills and Whitney Mt. are spectacular and have several breath-taking places to hike and/or visit.

There's a McDonald's which is always good for feeding children at a reasonable price. There's a good Mexican restaurant in town with a very friendly waitress. The motion picture museum is well done. The Alabama hills are very interesting along with Mt Whitney.

The museum of Western film history and surrounding Alabama Hills are fantastic - you can just imagine the Hollywood scenes being filmed. We drove up Mt. Whitney for a short hike; our Dow Villa motel had the best pool and lovely rooms, historical photos in the lobby. We ate across the street at the Alabama Hills café and liked that, too. Our L. A. cousins had driven past the museum enroute to Mammoth hundreds of times and have said they will definitely stop there on their next trip.

Lone Pine is a great little town and base for exploring the greater Owens Valley. From here you can drive up to the Mt Whitney Portal and in about 25 mins, you are at over 9,000 feet elevation surrounded by forest trees and a beautiful waterfall. The Alabama Hills are also well worth exploring with its' strange and wonderful terrain. There is also an old cinema that now houses a movie museum since so many old westerns were filmed nearby. The museum is a must! Even that cult classic "Tremors" was filmed nearby. And you cannot visit without stopping by Manzanar, a WWII Japanese-American concentration camp. Very sobering yet inspiring the resilience of the people who were incarcerated there without due process. Independence is nearby and another town worth visiting.