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

Joshua Tree

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

1. Joshua Tree Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Places.

Location. 36° 19.851′ N, 117° 44.715′ W. Marker is near Lone Pine, California, in Inyo County. Marker is on California Route 190, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lone Pine CA 93545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 16 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Darwin (approx. 4.2 miles away); Padre Crowley Point (approx. 11 miles away); Cerro Gordo (approx. 12.7 miles away); Keeler (approx. 13 miles away); Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Program (approx. 14½ miles away); Owens Lake Silver-Lead Furnace (approx. 16.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Just Where is U2’s Joshua Tree?. On that second day of shooting as the band and Corbijn drove along California State Route 190 (the highway that bisects Death Valley National Park from west to east) about 21 km (13 mi) southeast of the village of Keeler just before the park’s west gate the group
By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

2. Joshua Tree Marker
spotted a lone Joshua tree in the desert a short distance south of the road – unusual, as Joshua trees usually grow in groves. This would be the iconic tree that graced the album cover, although oddly enough not on the front of album, which instead used a shot of the band standing in front of Death Valley’s Zabriskie Point (itself a famous location in rock music history thanks to the Pink Floyd/Jerry Garcia-based soundtrack for the eponymous 1970 Michelangelo Antonioni film). (Submitted on March 24, 2014, by Michael Kindig of Long Beach, California.)

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

3. Joshua Tree

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

4. U2

Where the Streets Have No Name image. Click for full size.

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

5. Where the Streets Have No Name

My History - My Band image. Click for full size.

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

6. My History - My Band

Thank You Lads image. Click for full size.

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7. Thank You Lads

Leave it Behind image. Click for full size.

By Michael Kindig, November 8, 2013

8. Leave it Behind

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2014, by Michael Kindig of Long Beach, California. This page has been viewed 620 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 24, 2014, by Michael Kindig of Long Beach, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.