Lone Pine in Inyo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Movie Flats

Photographed by Denise Boose, February 12, 2009

1. Movie Flats Marker

Inscription. Since 1920, hundreds of movies and TV episodes, including Gunga Din, How The West Was Won, Khyber Rifles, Bengal Lancers, and High Sierra, along with, The Lone Ranger and Bonanza, with such stars as Tom Mix, Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Glen Ford, Humphrey Bogart, and John Wayne, have been filmed in these rugged Alabama Hills with their majestic Sierra Nevada background. Plaque dedicated by Roy Rogers, whose first starring feature was filmed here in 1933.

Erected 1990 by E Clampus Vitus Slim Princess Chapter #395.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 36° 35.736′ N, 118° 6.531′ W. Marker is in Lone Pine, California, in Inyo County. It is at the intersection of Whitney Portal Road and Movie Road, on the left when traveling east on Whitney Portal Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lone Pine CA 93545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Gunga Din" Filmed Here (approx. 0.8 miles away); Mt. Whitney Pack Trains (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Adobe Wall

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(approx. 2.6 miles away); Wedding of the Waters Pageant (approx. 2.6 miles away); Lone Pine's 'Movie Man' (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Duke and the Dow (approx. 2.6 miles away); Lone Pine Film Museum (approx. 2.7 miles away); Fred French Family Oak (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lone Pine.

Photographed by Denise Boose, February 12, 2009

2. Movie Flats Marker

Beautiful Mt. Whitney in the background.

Movie Flats Rocks image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Denise Boose, February 12, 2009

3. Movie Flats Rocks

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 1, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 1,909 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 1, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.