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El Camino Sierra

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  1. 1
    Los Angeles (Newhall Pass)
    start point at Historic Route 99/6 intersection · border of San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys
  2. 2
    Canyon Country (Santa Clarita)
    signed as CA 14U along old pre-freeway alignment
  3. 3
    Whitney Canyon Park
    hiking spot just off the highway
  4. 4
    Oak of the Golden Dream (Placerita Canyon)
    site of an 1842 gold discovery, predating Sutter's Mill
  5. 5
    Agua Dulce / Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park
    hiking spot with notable rock formations · used as a filming location
  6. 6
    Acton
    filming location for a 1971 highway chase film
  7. 11
    Red Rock Canyon State Park
    desert scenery used as a filming location
  8. 13
    Owens Lake
    route runs parallel to the Sierra Nevada past the lake
  9. 15
    Manzanar National Historic Site
    former WWII-era internment camp
  10. 21
    Bodie State Historic Park
    Gold Rush-era ghost town · access road difficult in winter
  11. 23
    Devil's Gate
    mountain-pass rock formation marking start of descent
  12. 24
    Topaz
    route diverges from US 395 onto CA 89 here
  13. 25
    Monitor Pass
    only stretch of the route subject to regular seasonal closure
  14. 26
    Markleeville
    marks the far end of the Monitor Pass closure stretch

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Route structure sourced from the Wikivoyage guide (CC BY-SA 4.0). Roads, distances, and drive times computed by the Byway routing engine.