Inyo County
Desert Region

Located at the base of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Owens Valley, along Highway 395. Eastern Central California, U.S.A. High Sierra lie to the West, White Mountains to the East along border with the State of Nevada. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states, is located in Inyo County. Badwater, in Death Valley National Park and the lowest point in the United States, is also located in the county. The two points are not visible from each other, but both can be observed from the Panamint Range on the west side of Death Valley.

Inyo National Forest is a federally protected forest in the United States. It is mostly located in California 1,839,887 acres, but has a small section in western Nevada of 60,656 acres . 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 also federally protected 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 Inyo County, California, in which much of the Forest resides. It is located in parts of Inyo, Mono, Tulare, and Madera counties in California, and Esmeralda and Mineral counties in Nevada. Forest headquarters are located in Bishop, California. Popular within Inyo National Forest are: Mono Lake, Tioga Lake, Tioga Pass, June Lake, Lone Pine, Mammoth Lakes, Mount Whitney and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. National protected areas include: Death Valley National Park, Inyo National Forest and Manzanar Historic Site.

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