Lone Pine California (200 Mile) Road Trip

Lone Pine California (200 Mile) Road Trip Ride Along and Buckle up and join me on an epic 200-mile adventure to Lone Pine, California. We’ll be crossing the vast, otherworldly Mojave Desert highways and dipping down to the lowest point in the US at Badwater, California, a staggering 282 feet below sea level. Feel the heat yet?
From there, I cruise along Highway 190, making a pit stop at the legendary 20 Mule Team Historic Site. Ever wonder how they hauled all that borax back in the day? We’ll find out together. Next, we’ll tackle some scenic mountain passes and take a quick detour to Keeler to check out the End Of The Line Monument - an old historic train depot that’s sure to give you a glimpse of yesteryears.
Then, it’s onward to the visitor center at US Highway 395 before we hit Lone Pine. Here, we’ll dive into the silver screen at the Hollywood Museum of Western Films. After soaking up some movie magic, we’ll pay our respects at the 1872 cemetery for earthquake victims - a somber but important stop.
Our journey doesn’t end there, though! We’ll visit the Manzanar Historic Site, reflecting on the history of the Japanese during World War II. Finally, we'll roll into Independence, California, to rest up for the night.
It’s a trip packed with history, stunning landscapes, and a touch of Hollywood glam - you won’t want to miss it. Let’s hit the road!
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[@awol116]

Great Russ. The Lone Ranger came over to England by the BBC mid 50s. The first cowboy I saw apart from in books & comics. An indelible memory watching this on my grandmother's TV starting a life-long passion for westerns. The start was him galloping along the Alabama flats at Lone Pine filmed in black & white. In 1956 the start was filmed in colour at Iversons Ranch. This start is always tagged on to all b&w episodes on TV & DVDs, thus depriving viewers of the far more exciting, original beginning. Happy Trails.

[@missingremote4388]

The lone ranger show still gets cable TV airtime here in USA. Showtime is everyday recently on GRIT channel around noon or 10 a.m. As an american I've been a fan since the 1970's

[@lloydbaker6988]

HEY,Hey, RVerTV, hitting the back roads today. Thanks, Russ , for taking us all along, Yay 👍

[@ksr1177]

Beautiful i❤ desert sun rises. Thanks again for sharing another great video.

[@kimwahrenbrock3149]

Russ, I have traveled over much of this beautiful county with you. I love just riding along, listening to the cruisin' music and enjoying the sights.

[@MrfiX725]

US 395 from Hesperia to Bishop is one of my most favorite drives!!! Travel Safe, Russ!!!

[@chall7688]

Wow Russ! This video is one of my favorites! Thank you for checking everything out. 😎🧐🚐

[@born2wander224]

Hi , longtime subscriber here. There's are numerous key factors as to why your so successful on KZbin my friend. But I must point out one key factor, you have a distinctly Mellifluous voice . In a sense , you remind me of Bob Ross . The beloved American painter on PBS . You have a very smooth voice that puts people at ease , God knows in this day & age we could all use a little audio therapy. Your videos have always been enlightening, informative and entertaining. Thank you for allowing us to tag along on your journey's. I'm relatively certain you have single-handedly inspired countless folks to strike out on their own adventures. Myself included . And I hope to meet & thank you personally out there on the road someday. Until then , God bless you and keep you safe.

[@teresa_davis]

Thank you Russ! This is one of my favorite routes ❤ Your videography is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to present your trips in the most ways.. Your narration makes the trip as much as the photography ❤ Have a great upcoming weekend! 😊⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@rvertv]

Thank you very much!

[@RandiG63]

Hey Russ 🤠 what a cool drive today. Lone Pine has had hundreds of movies and TV shows filmed there. And that museum is on my to do list! I was very impressed with those saddles !! The camp was incredibly sad, but, I’m glad you showed it, because, I imagined it much worse. Another great video today 👍👍

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Thanks for visiting my neck of the woods. Bishop says hello. Safe Travels

[@randallbrink]

I love these videos. As a lifelong RVer and western states road traveller, I relive the roadtrips through this KZbin site. Many thanks!!

[@rvertv]

Awesome, thank you!

[@SeabeeTraveler]

Hey Russ, Looking forward to this one. Beautiful scenery!

[@rvertv]

Thanks 👍

[@b2dary890]

Took this trip in January of 22 loved every minute of it. Epic journey holds a special place in my heart honestly

[@normaallred7568]

Totally love back roads

[@arunphillips6977]

Fantastic, perfect for my Thursday night viewing. Pt2, thank you Russ!

[@CatherineKobayashi-se3ej]

When I hear your comments as you travel, I often smile because you remind of my travels & how similar your thoughts mimic mine. I grew up in Ohio & now live in Hawaii, don't do any road trips anymore & I miss that. As an Asian American. I want to thank you for visiting Manzanar & your respectful reflections on it's importance😊

[@Thorbjorn029]

thank you Russ, you're the best !.👍😉

[@tydanum]

Thank you for video, I was there 25 years ago and I couldn’t breath because of the heat, your video brought back memories, so vast, so beautiful 🇬🇧

[@BleezyChuckles]

We were in that area in 2022 about this time of year. Amazing to think the lowest and highest points in the lower 48 states are so close to each other. Towne Pass is quite the ride. Lone Pine and that whole area is interesting. That Western Museum was awesome. Great video, as always.

[@JanelleVocate-Ames]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-wk4yl1wi1o]

IM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DEAD VALLEY DAYS STANLEY ANDREWS AND RONALD REAGAN... THAT'S GOING BACK A FEW YEARS... MY WIFE AND I ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL AND ENJOY YOUR TRAVELS ABOUT A YEAR AGO YOU WAS IN AMISH COUNTRY IN NORTH EAST OHIO ...HIT CLOSE TO HOME WE ARE FROM COLUMBUS ...EVERY SUMMER THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE TRIPS WE WOULD TAKE... AND STAY IN MOHICAN STATE PARK IN LOUDENVILLE, OHIO... KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB👍☺️☺️👍

[@RicDurant]

that tall mountain you spoke off driving into badwater, has a road to the top. It's called Dantes Point. What a view.

[@melodyhart1331]

Roy Rogers and Dale were realy good Godly people ,They adopted kids to add to their family and his adopted daughter speaks very highly of her parents ,she said she never felt different or less cared for than her brothers and sisters.

[@carljoseph9170]

Thanks for another wonderful video, Enjoy watching.

[@delisaseale5881]

Such a nice video.The scenery was gorgeous, museum and internment camp were interesting. Thanks for sharing!🚐

[@randygyulay5114]

You are outdoing yourself on this excursion. Thanks for taking us along.

[@ctruthtoday]

Russ, I think seeing you hike to the Borax field is the longest hike I have ever seen you take. Hahah. Good going!

[@theedchannel9295]

I've traveled the 395 for years, actually decades now and have always intended to visit the film museum and Manzanar but never have. As the saying goes- Time (AGE) marches on; so I probably won't be making visits like these. Thankfully, there are wonderful people like you that do visit places that are interesting, historical or beyond reach of some people. Thank you for sharing your journeys. Safe travels!

[@Marcy.Duvall]

I'll probably not get here but that SEA LEVEL sign is very cool and it really DOES give one perspective! I love this video already!

[@josephmyatt7382]

My wife and I remember you when you first started out in that white vane! You come a long way

[@gf19677]

Russ that was great when you said heck I’m a fossil 😂😂😂

[@skyebird3933]

What a neat adventure this trip. I had a Tom Mix belt w secret compartment; a Hoppy ring; a Straight Arrow ring...exciting stuff way back when. Thanks for all you do, Russ.

[@yvonnemiranda2918]

Hi Russ.. love this video..❤...safe travels 😊

[@sharonchavira6645]

Our favorite camping spot was the Sierras. We have lots of family that still live in olancha. Love that whole area and up to June lake

[@rvertv]

Mine too!

[@dennisnelson8295]

Nice show...i lived in California 50 years...been in Eastern Idaho 18 now...but i love the geography of California...one of our favorite drives was 395, from Hesperia to to Reno...i could drive that everyday😊...Death Valley Days was the series you were referring to...i still have the model of the 20 Mule Team i bought in late 60's...the trains and water tank were pail blue with the red wheels...Thanks for the memories!..?

[@Scoobylife]

We’re heading past Lone Pine in 3 days! We LOVE the 395! Been wanting to see this section through Darwin so thank you!

[@jimp.7286]

Wow. 90 at sunrise. Love hitting the road as the light is just breaking - especially in the desert. Not the heat part though. And the heat ain't everywhere. Cold damp and drizzly this morning here on the west coast. June-gloom as it's long been called. Some folks would rather have the heat. I'd just like to see some blue sky fairly soon. Can see it over on the other side of the mountains but I doubt will get it here. Another good one here! Cheers. 👍

[@OverlandingOurWay]

Very cool to see Death Valley in the morning light. I drove from Flagstaff from Overland expo west that I missed meeting you at, through Vegas to Pahrump and then took Bell Vista rd to Death Valley Junction. Then took 190 through Death Valley stopped off at Zabrisky Point and Mesquite Sand Dunes and ended up in Lone Pine at Tuttle Creek Campgrounds. It was around 4 pm when I traveled through there and I was blown away by the scenery of Death Valley. I will be at Overland expo pnw in Redmond Oregon on June 28-30 and hopefully I will see you there. I’m working the Kakadu Showers and helping that company out by helping tend the showers.

[@juliebradford2999]

Wow!! What a beautiful trip. Very interesting. Thanks Russ!!

[@rvertv]

Thanks for watching

[@sharonlee7111]

WOW 😎✌️

[@Go4Corvette]

Thanks for another great tour, Russ. I love the 395 drive and in 2023 was camping up near Mammoth for two months before coming up to Oregon. It will be even better on the next trip now that I have the van and won't be towing anymore. Take care, Mike

[@vishuddhathakkar]

Wow...amazing video. Learned so much about the Borax mining operations & Manzanar camp.. great coverage. For someone who doesn't live in USA this is a great way to learn about the history.

[@user-pp2cg3iw5d]

Your camera is so good, the distant hills show up like crystals, so sharp.

[@RandiG63]

True 👍

[@darylhoward8766]

Loved the history my dad use to take us out and teach us the history live that only way. Thank you. Howard homestead Apache junction Arizona.

[@birdman5223]

Dig your vibe MrRuss😎 You make it look easy👍👍

[@juliogonzales5441]

GREAT DAY..GREAT 👍 RIDE...THANKS RUSS

[@stephbrandenburg9957]

Cat napped to keep up at museum! Thank you for nice excursion!

[@billdayton6240]

You could have stopped to see "Brett" at his Ghost Town at the mine at Sierra Gorda !!! Kinda interesting fella.

[@shannoncole7311]

Enjoyed your trip. Yes! Iron Man was filmed in the Alabama Hills outside of Lone Pine. My husband was a crew member. Indeed, Tom Mix was the silent movies.

[@lindahoudek9855]

Great stops you made. Thanks Russ! Snow and more snow.

[@Learjet90]

Nice videos I’ve have the younger family members watching/following you also. One of Interesting results once the younger ones started following you, it peaked the curiosity and your scenic and historic site stops along your way have pacifically peaked the interest in history and science. Thanks

[@joannewinters9616]

❤ awesome as usual ❤

[@thomascraig2732]

Thanks for the ride along. I would never travel alone in these places you go. I need a posse with me. Stay safe

[@wendyroland7543]

395 is the best!!! I’m so happy you are taking us along !!!

[@alanlough638]

I really enjoy watching your KZbin Channel, Russ! 👍👍👍👍👍 I wish you safe travels. Talk soon, Alan.

[@missingremote4388]

Never rushing, you're a good driver

[@doublecross9690]

Love the road trips looking out the side window, it’s going to be great traveling

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_608]

You have a real knack for making complex topics easy to understand.

[@keithcomfort1625]

always enjoy your unique trips and narration. Cheers!

[@susanstrickland6774]

🙂👍 Thank you. Lots of interesting things.

[@surfatone1986]

Hey Russ, just up from Keeler is the restored ghost town named Cerro Gordo - not sure you mentioned that but it's a vibrant resurrection that's currently going on. Not sure your van could make it up there and the road is always changing.

[@yosemitepaul]

When I first saw that Stage Coach you mentioned it reminded me of the old Wells Fargo commercial 😊

[@eprohoda]

top ,see you soon..

[@tonywestbrook9876]

Great start Russ... we are with ya! Looking forward to the Sierras.

[@coloradolandandranch]

That area is nothing like Quartzite (imo). This area is SO much more scenic & a lot more history.

[@thegreatone2513]

AWESOME RUSS this is fun to watch

[@HaroldConner]

Luv your Vids tommorrow (6-15-24) i"ll be 3\4 of a century years old Yay!!!

[@rvertv]

Happy Birthday Harold

[@SamHiggins-ei8om]

As usual another great video thanks

[@UncleMilty]

Wow! Russ, that was a very interesting trip in time to Manzanar. I grew up in Gardena, CA in the 60s, all my friends were Japanese kids. Seems like all the families I knew were doing well by that time and had put the hard times behind them. In fact it wasn't till I had a Japanese friend in the 80s who told me about his family being there as we drove to Mammoth to go skiing that I learned about the place and what had happened there. Was a different world than what we live in now. I really hope and pray that scene never plays out again in America. Great video!

[@pattyvalinote4612]

Great video. Great travels! Be safe!

[@Bernie5172]

An excellent history lesson today .

[@montymc450]

There's a brilliant series of KZbin about the wheelright that restored the borax wagons. Fascinating. Dave Engels. Worth a look at

[@JohnBryan-wj7ez]

Thanks for posting....the Manzanar Historic Site is on my list of places I want to visit. I actually visited the Poston Monument after watching one of your videos. I have actually visited a number of places I first learned about on your channel (Scott's Bluff, Yuma Prison, and Pop's on Rt 66 to name a few). Thanks for the inspiration Russ!!

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

I stayed in Death Valley N.P. in the first week of June 2016. Only myself and one other person in the campground. It was the last weekend for that campground to be open until the Fall. Met a French couple out on Bad Water Basin and warned them if they weren't sweating, they were already dehydrated; gave them some water and suggested they head back. I waited until they safely returned to the parking lot. By the time I got back at 9:30 am it was in the lower 100s F.

[@darinoutdoors]

Okay Badwater Basin just made my “must see” list out West. I love the desert to begin with. This would be awesome!

[@steveleslie2170]

I was checking some of the small towns on Google maps. Keeler CA is the turn off to Cerro Gordo ghost mine...for those who watch Brent, the guy who bought it and is renovating it... To bad you couldn't have gone up there and met Brent Underwood... Maybe it's time for Russ to do some collaborations.

[@AlTaJr61]

I worked for 1 Winter Season mid 1980s at Furnace Creek Ranch which is not far from Bad Water but never made it there!. The lowest point on Earth is the Dead Sea in Jordan which strangely enough I have been to ,LOL.!

[@Charlotte_299]

Couldn’t watch it all but what I saw was nice.

[@katherinemurray6672]

Have a wonderful summer Russ❤

[@lbenson728]

Thank you for this video, I’ve been on these roads a few times and camped at furnace creek. You missed saying something about cerro gordo as you drove by. We are heading up 395 Sunday for 8 days of camping at mammoth lakes

[@Skidoo22]

Just amazing Russ, I'm in this area in September on my road trip.

[@TRONA-CA.]

It has been a good 7 months since I've seen any of your videos! Your feed has not been showing up! 🇺🇲👍🏽

[@peterselten500]

Hi russ thanks for the tour cool towns an movie history . Cheers mate🇦🇺

[@rvertv]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

This video was so interesting! I’ve never seen one about that internment camp! Thank you for stopping there Russ! Look forward to the next one! By the way I heard a Rooster crowing in the old town of Keeler!❤️😀🇺🇸🌏

[@westho7314]

That's my neighbors Rooster, along with naying goats, cluckin Chickens & barking dogs & way too many feral cat fights.

[@shinynblue]

I have you beat Russ, I havent been to death valley since 2004, but we were just driving through.

[@sukarichristian9039]

The museum was well arranged. Ewallu snjoyed it.

[@birdvalystuff]

Death Valley that is what this video should been. That salt flat at lowest point sure looked different. I think it was 2006 when I was there. Glad you walked around that Borax place. I didn't do that. That Scotty house { whatever it's named } is extra fee. You can walk or due that tour next time. Don't think I will be ever doing that. Times goes by really fast. Also my fast forward button on your videos works very well. Almost 2 hours and 3 in 1 video. They had big major flood at Death Valley few years back. Didn't see anything about the moving rocks, maybe that flood washed them away!

[@66block84]

I was at Badwater in January 2009.

[@josecrespo4102]

Great Video. Thanks

[@rvertv]

You're welcome!

[@davidwolfe7777]

Its still nice here in Encino Los Angeles. The heat usually cranks up after the 4th of July.

[@pauladams7344]

made this route many times in my younger/hiking daze !

[@joyouslily2982]

Yes I remember twenty mule team borax!

[@hughdanaher2758]

At one time a rock quarry in Fremont, California was the lowest point in North America. It was subsequently filled with water and then filled with with spoils from the excavation of a water conduit under San Francisco Bay

[@Mittsy]

Would like to drive with you. Not like my husband who does not stop to look! Great videos!

[@americaunboxed1449]

I'll be doing this trip in the reverse direction on Monday leaving from Sacramento heading across the Sierras on Hwy 50 towards South Lake Tahoe until I get to 395 south. Beautiful drive. Will make stops at the Mobile station Deli in Lee Vining, Convict Lake near Mammoth, Eric Schatt's Bakery in Bishop, Alabama Hills, Father Crowley Overlook (Star Wars Canyon), and maybe a few other leg stretch stops through Death Valley on the way to Pahrump for some Fireworks and then ending in Vegas for 2 nights.

[@vickiroberson8844]

Hi Russ they still mine Borax in Boron Ca. We are just off the Hwy 58 between Barstow and Mojave. They have a open pit and 3 Museums one at the open pit at Borax mine and two :in the little town of Boron. Would love to see you come by.

[@kidwichita]

You're driving the areas I used to explore on my summer vacations when I lived in California. The only thing I miss about that place. The dirt road you passed in the beginning is the west side road. You need a 4x4 to navigate that area but there is a lot of history there and a few graves out there. One is shorty harris, a very interesting character in death valley.

[@glennbellman1100]

L.A. stole the water from Owens lake when they built St. Francis dam . They got their payback when the dam broke.

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@rvertv]

You're welcome!

[@sunandsage]

The first Tremors movie to come out was filmed around the Alabama Hills.