Lone Pine, California

Lone Pine
Lone Pine
Census-designated place
	Main Street
	Location in Inyo County and the state of California
	Lone Pine Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 36°36′22″N 118°04′46″W / 36.60611°N 118.07944°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Inyo
Area
• Total	19.215 sq mi (49.766 km2)
• Land	19.034 sq mi (49.298 km2)
• Water	0.181 sq mi (0.468 km2) 0.94%
Elevation	4,203 ft (1,281 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
• Total	2,035
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	93545
Area codes	442/760
FIPS code	06-42580
GNIS feature ID	2408123

Lone Pine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States,^[2] located 16 mi (26 km) south-southeast of Independence.^[3] The population was 2,035 at the 2010 census, up from 1,655 at the 2000 census. The town is located in the Owens Valley, near the Alabama Hills and Mount Whitney, between the eastern peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the west and the Inyo Mountains to the east. The local hospital, Southern Inyo Hospital, offers standby emergency services.^[4] The town is named after a solitary pine tree that once existed at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon.^[5] On March 26, 1872, the very large Lone Pine earthquake destroyed most of the town and killed 27 of its 250 to 300 residents.

^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places - California". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lone Pine, California
^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1179. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
^ Licensed Healthcare Facilities, 2006, California Department of Health Services. This area is defined as being in "California Health Service Area 12".
^ lpcwpadmn. "History of the Lone Pine Area". Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved May 28, 2019.