Tejon Pass
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.Photo: CraigCarter400, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 4,160 feet
- Description: Mountain pass in California, United States
- Also known as: “Buena Vista”, “Canyon de Las Uvas”, “Fort Tejon Pass”, and “La Cañada de las Vuas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gorman and Lebec.
Gorman
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
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.
Tejon Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.80279° or 34° 48′ 10″ northLongitude
-118.87678° or 118° 52′ 36″ westElevation
4,160 feet (1,268 metres)Open location code
8563R43F+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 1100436904OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Tejon Pass” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帝洪山口”
- Chinese: “蒂洪山口”
- Dutch: “Tejon Pass”
- German: “Tejon Pass”
- German: “Tejon-Pass”
- Japanese: “テホン峠”
- Spanish: “Paso del Tejon”
- Spanish: “Paso del Tejón”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Tejon”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Tejón”
- Spanish: “Puerto del Tejon”
- Spanish: “Puerto del Tejón”
- Spanish: “Puerto Tejon”
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