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Big Pine in the region of California with its 1,756 inhabitants is a town in United States - some 2,229 mi or ( 3587 km ) West of Washington , the country's capital city .
Current time in Big Pine is now 04:08 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Los Angeles " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Bridgeport, Fish Springs, Keough Hot Springs, LA, and Oakland. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Bridgeport . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Big Pine ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Geminids Meteor Shower Dec 2010
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North Fork Big Pine Creek, Palisades, California.
North Fork Big Pine Creek, Palisades, California. July 24 - 26, 2010. Photos: www.odeo.net ..
Bristlecone Motel and Hi Country Market
We are located at intersection of Highway 395 and Crocker Street in Big Pine with easy access to Big Pine Creek and the Palisade Glacier area of the High Sierra. Clean rooms, gas, and supplies. Coin-o ..
Bristlecone Manor Motel
located at intersection of Highway 395 and Crocker Street in Big Pine with easy access to Big Pine Creek and the Palisade Glacier area of the High Sierra. Clean rooms, gas, and supplies. Coin-operated ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Mono and Timbisha Indians in California. The Big Pine Reservation is located 18 miles from Bishop, at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada. The tribal headquarters is in Big Pine, California. The tribe has 462 enrolled members.
Located at 37.16 -118.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Owens Valley Solar Array
The Owens Valley Solar Array (OVSA) is an astronomical radio telescope array with main interests in studying the physics of the Sun. The instruments of the observatory are designed and employed specifically for studying the activities and phenomena of our solar system's sun. Other solar dedicated instruments operated on the site include the Solar Radio Burst Locator (SRBL), the FASR Subsystem Testbed (FST), and the Korean SRBL (KSRBL).
Located at 37.23 -118.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
OVRO 40 meter Telescope
The OVRO 40 meter Telescope is part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope was dedicated in 1968 and since then it has been used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars.
Located at 37.23 -118.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is a radio astronomy observatory located near Big Pine, California (USA) in Owens Valley. It lies east of the Sierra Nevada approximately 350 kilometers north of Los Angeles and 20 kilometers southeast of Bishop. It was established in 1958, and is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). One of the ten dish antennas of the Very Long Baseline Array is immediately adjacent to, but not part of, the observatory.
Located at 37.23 -118.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tinemaha Reservoir
Tinemaha Reservoir is a reservoir created by a dam on the Owens River in the Owens Valley. It is located in Inyo County, eastern California. It is operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Located at 37.06 -118.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
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