Welcome to Whitney Portal (aka 'Hunters Camp') ...
Whitney Portal is located in Inyo County<1>.
Whitney Portal is 7,850 feet [2,393 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Whitney Portal is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Whitney Portal lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Whitney Portal: 760 & 442<3>
The community of Whitney Portal was previously named Hunter Flat.
Communities near Whitney Portal ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Whitney Portal.
- Lone Pine Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Alabama Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Boulder Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Owenyo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owenyo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owenyo
- Owenyo is located in Inyo County
- Former name for Owenyo:
- New Owenyo
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Owenyo
- From Whitney Portal to Owenyo
- Mount Whitney Station ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bartlett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Manzanar ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manzanar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanar
- Manzanar is located in Inyo County
- Manzanar has also been known as:
- Manzanar Station
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Manzanar
- From Whitney Portal to Manzanar
- Alico ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Whitney Portal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Whitney Portal.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Whitney Portal. 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 Whitney Portal.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitney Portal. See our Newspapers Page for Whitney Portal.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whitney Portal ...
Looking for more information about Whitney Portal? 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.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Whitney Portal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Whitney Portal.
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 Whitney Portal - 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 Whitney Portal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Whitney Portal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |