Alabama Hills

Walk among rounded granite boulders and natural arches below Mount Whitney, on land where Westerns have been filmed since 1920.

Movie Road, 2.5 miles west of Lone Pine on Whitney Portal Road · Lone Pine, CA

About Alabama Hills

The Alabama Hills are a field of rounded rocks and eroded hills at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, managed by the Bureau of Land Management as a National Scenic Area. You can hike to natural arches such as Mobius Arch, climb or boulder, ride a bike or a horse, and tour the sites of the many films shot here, most of them Westerns. Wildflowers bloom in spring, and the dark night sky draws stargazers. Camping needs a free permit and is first come, first served.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Alabama Hills, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
Diaz Lake Recreation Area
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County-run lake and campground in Inyo County, California, known for fishing and water recreation.
5.3 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
History Buff
Manzanar National Historic Site
No admission fee
Tour the site of a World War II camp where more than 11,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated.
8.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Mount Whitney
Under $25
Hike 22 miles round trip from Whitney Portal to the highest summit in the contiguous United States, with a permit.
9.5 mi awayMore like this
Museums
Eastern California Museum
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A county-run history and heritage museum in Independence that covers the Owens Valley and the Eastern Sierra.
14 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sports & Outdoors
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Kings Canyon National Park
$25–$50
See giant sequoias at Grant Grove, then drive Highway 180 down into a glacier-carved canyon more than a mile deep.
33 mi awayMore like this
Sightseeing
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General Sherman Tree
$25–$50
Walk a paved half-mile trail through Giant Forest to stand at the base of the largest tree on Earth by volume.
35 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing