Little Lake, Inyo County, California
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Little Lake is an unincorporated community
in Inyo County
, California
. It is located 38 miles (61 km) south of Keeler
on U.S. Route 395 in California
, at an elevation of 3130 feet (954 m).
A post office operated at Little Lake from 1909 to 1911, when service was transferred to Narka
, and from 1913, when the service was transferred back from Narka, to the present.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Inyo County
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is located 38 miles (61 km) south of Keeler
Keeler, California
Keeler is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States. Keeler is located on the east shore of Owens Lake south-southeast of New York Butte, at an elevation of 3602 feet...
on U.S. Route 395 in California
U.S. Route 395 in California
In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 395 is a route which traverses from Interstate 15 near the southern city limits of Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake...
, at an elevation of 3130 feet (954 m).
A post office operated at Little Lake from 1909 to 1911, when service was transferred to Narka
Narka, California
Narka is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad about south of the current settlement of Little Lake....
, and from 1913, when the service was transferred back from Narka, to the present.
See also
- Fossil FallsFossil FallsThe Fossil Falls is a unique geological feature, located in the Coso Range of California in the United States. Volcanic activity in the mountain range, along with meltwater from glaciers in the nearby Sierra Nevada, played a role in the creation of the falls...
- Coso Hot SpringsCoso Hot SpringsCoso Hot Springs is a hot spring complex in the Coso Volcanic Field in the Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California. The Springs are on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:...
- Coso Mountains
- Coso peopleCoso PeopleThe Coso people are an indigenous people of the Americas and Native American tribe associated with the Coso Range in the Mojave Desert of California in the southwestern U.S.. They are of the Uto-Aztecan language and spoke one of several Numic languages, related to that of the Northern Paiute.They...
- Coso Rock Art DistrictCoso Rock Art DistrictCoso Rock Art District, containing the Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons, is a rock art site containing over 20,000 of Paleo-Indian and/or Native American Petroglyphs The Coso Range is between the Sierra Nevada and the Argus Range. Indian Wells Valley lies to the south of this location...