Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center

Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center is a museum in Inyo County, Desert, California. Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center is situated nearby to the historic site High School, as well as near Basketball Court.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manzanar.

Manzanar

Protected area

Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, from March 1942 to November 1945.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manzanar and Reward.

Manzanar

Hamlet

Photo: Gmatsuda, Public domain.

Manzanar was a town in Inyo County, California, founded by water engineer and land developer George Chaffey. Most notably, Manzanar is known for its role in the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Manzanar is situated 4 miles east of Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center.

Reward

Hamlet

Reward was a mining site in Inyo County, California. It is located on the west side of the Inyo Mountains 9.5 miles north of Lone Pine, at an elevation of 3865 feet. Reward is situated 5 miles east of Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center.

Independence

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Independence is an unincorporated census-designated place in and the county seat of Inyo County, California. Independence is located 41 miles south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3930 feet.

Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center

Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.72752° or 36° 43′ 39″ north

Longitude

-118.14819° or 118° 8′ 54″ west

Open location code

8583PVH2+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 310114445

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include High School and Basketball Court.

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