Bishop Creek, Devils Postpile National Monument

Name: Bishop Creek
Address: Devils Postpile National Monument, United States

#7 among attractions in Devils Postpile National Monument

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Bishop Creek is also a dated variant of Baxter Creek in Richmond/El Cerrito, California

Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed. Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power plants. ()

Coordinates: 37°15'57"N, 118°34'41"W

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Bishop Creek – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Sabrina, Mount Tom, Loch Leven, Mount Humphreys.

4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Sabrina, Inyo National Forest
121 min walk • Lake Sabrina is a lake created by damming the middle fork of Bishop Creek. It is located south-west of Bishop, California on California State Route 168, in the Inyo National Forest. It has a cafe as well as a dock.
6.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tom, John Muir Wilderness
170 min walk • Mount Tom is a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in Inyo County of eastern California. It is in the Sierra Nevada and east of the Sierra Crest. The mountain is also in the John Muir Wilderness.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Leven, John Muir Wilderness
124 min walk • Loch Leven is the name of several lakes in California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada.
5.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Humphreys, John Muir Wilderness
135 min walk • Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the 13th highest peak in California, and the highest peak in the Bishop area.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Emerson, John Muir Wilderness
115 min walk • Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States. Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.
4.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Basin Mountain, John Muir Wilderness
127 min walk • Basin Mountain in California's eastern Sierra Nevada range is a large and visually prominent peak near the city of Bishop. Basin Mountain is not as tall as its neighboring peaks, Mount Tom and Mount Humphreys, but it dominates the view to the west from Bishop as it rises above the Buttermilks.
2.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
The Buttermilks, Inyo National Forest
68 min walk • The Buttermilks, or Buttermilk Country, is a well known bouldering destination near Bishop, California. It comprises the western edge of the Owens Valley, in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada.