Eastern Mojave Vegetation California Highway 167  
 

Tom Schweich  

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Literature Cited 		  California Highway 167 is also known as Pole Line Road.

Other Articles: Lundy Lake Road: at US Hwy 395 U. S. Highway 395: at CA Hwy 167  

 Junction: U. S. Highway 395, south to Lee Vining, or north to Bridgeport.

Other Articles: Goat Ranch Cutoff: at CA Hwy 167  

 Junction: Goat Ranch Cutoff
 

Locations: Wilson Creek.  

 Crossing Wilson Creek.

Other Articles: Conway Ranch Road: at CA Hwy 167  

 Junction: Conway Ranch Road
Full Size Image Stabilized dunes along California Highway 167

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-05 on CA Hwy 167 Eastern Mojave Geology: stabilized dunes  
Full Size Image Looking east on California Highway 167

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-05 on CA Hwy 167  

Other Articles: Cemetery Road: at CA Hwy 167  

 Junction: Cemetery Road
 

Locations: Rancheria Gulch.  

 Crossing Rancheria Gulch.

Other Articles: Cottonwood Canyon Road: 40000  

 Junction: Cottonwood Canyon Road, to Bodie,
Full Size Image Sand dunes near Mono Lake.

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-05 near Mono Dunes Eastern Mojave Geology: stabilized dunes  

 A road to the south gives access to the shore of Mono Lake and the sand dunes.

Literature Cited:
- Pavlik, Bruce Michael, 1985.  

Locations: Mono Dunes.  

 There are sand dunes on both the north and south sides of California Highway 167 for several miles. A description of the Mono Dunes studied by Pavlik (1985) suggests that he studied the dunes to the north.
Full Size Image Crossing of the Bodie & Benton Railroad

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20060605090  
Bodie and Benton R. R.

Surveyed in March, 1881, and completed in December 1881. With materials hauled from Hawthorne, Nevada, through Bodie to this road bed, at a cost of one million dollars. This narrow gauge railway carried timber supplies 31.74 miles from Mono Mills to Bodie station, rising in grade 2074 feet to an elevation of 8500 feet. Operations continued until 1918, when decreased mining activity caused the railroad to be dismantled.

Dedicated September 13, 1969
Bodie Chapter, E. Clampus Vitus
Mono County Board of Supervisors

Other Articles: Dobie Meadows Road: at CA Hwy 167  

 Junction: Dobie Meadows Road
 

Locations: Cedar Hill.  

 Cedar Hill to the north. 3,748 acres of land around Cedar Hill were acquired by the Wilderness Land Trust from developer Mel Arthur in in March 2006. The land will be transferred into public ownership under the jurisdiction of the BLM.
Full Size Image Nevada State boundary at end of CA Hwy 167

Other Articles: Field Notes: 20060605100  

Other Articles: Nevada Highway 359: California State Line  

Nevada State Line

 
     

Literature Cited

  A list of all literature cited by this web site can be found in the Bibliography.
 
Pavlik, Bruce Michael. 1985. Sand dune flora of the Great Basin and Mojave deserts of California, Nevada, and Oregon. Madroņo. 32(4):197-213. {TAS}

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Date and time this article was prepared: 5/15/2008 12:32:46 PM