Crane Canyon

Crane Canyon is a valley in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 3,507 feet. Crane 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 2½ miles southwest of Crane Canyon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lebec and Gorman.

Lebec

Village

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Lebec is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southwestern Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,239. Lebec is situated 1½ miles northwest of Crane Canyon.

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 Crane Canyon.

Frazier Park

Locality

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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 6 miles west of Crane Canyon.

Crane Canyon

Type: Valley with an elevation of 3,507 feet
Description: valley in Kern County, California, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.82637° or 34° 49′ 35″ north

Longitude

-118.84371° or 118° 50′ 37″ west

Elevation

3,507 feet (1,069 metres)

Open location code

8563R5G4+GG

GeoNames ID

5340497

Wikidata ID

Q49791323

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Crane Canyon” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Crane Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, California, Kern County)”
Cebuano: “Crane Canyon”

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