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Welcome to Lone Pine ...

Lone Pine is located just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Lone Pine is located in Inyo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Pine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Lone Pine is 3,720 feet [1,134 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lone Pine is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lone Pine lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lone Pine: 760 & 442<3>

The ZIP code for Lone Pine: 93545<4>

Communities Also Named Lone Pine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Lone Pine - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas (5), Florida, Idaho, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), Virginia, Washington (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lone Pine.

Communities near Lone Pine ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lone Pine.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lone Pine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lone Pine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lone Pine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lone Pine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lone Pine. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lone Pine.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lone Pine ...

Looking for more information about Lone Pine? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lone Pine, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lone Pine.

Adding Lone Pine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lone Pine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lone Pine was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lone Pine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Inyo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Pine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Lone Pine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Lone Pine area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lone Pine). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lone Pine or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).