Bear Canyon
Bear Canyon is a valley in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 3,550 feet. Bear Canyon is situated nearby to the village Lebec, as well as near Gorman.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castac Lake and Tejon Pass.
Castac Lake
Lake
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Castac Lake, also known as Tejon Lake, is a natural saline endorheic, or sink, lake near Lebec, California. The lake is located in the Tehachapi Mountains just south of the Grapevine section of Interstate 5, and within Tejon Ranch.
Tejon Pass
Mountain saddle
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The Tejon Pass, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley. Tejon Pass is situated 2 miles southwest of Bear Canyon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lebec and Gorman.
Lebec
Village
Lebec is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,239.
Gorman
Village
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Gorman is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is located in Peace Valley south of the Tejon Pass, which links Southern California with the San Joaquin Valley and Northern California. Gorman is situated 2½ miles south of Bear Canyon.
Frazier Park
Locality
Frazier Park is a village and unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is 5 miles west of Lebec, at an elevation of 4,639 feet. It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Frazier Park is situated 5 miles west of Bear Canyon.
Bear Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 3,550 feet
- Description: valley in Kern County, California, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Bear Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bear Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, California, Kern County, lat 34,83, long -118,85)”
- Cebuano: “Bear Canyon”
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