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- U.S. Route 395 (US 395), also known as U.S. Highway 395, is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that traverses the inland areas of the western states of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
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It travels for over 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from a junction in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 (I-15) in Hesperia to the Canada–U.S. border near Laurier, Washington. Major cities along its route include Carson City and Reno in Nevada; Kennewick and Pasco in Washington's Tri-Cities region; and Spokane, Washington.
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a United States Numbered Highway, stretching from Hesperia, California to the Canadian border in Laurier, Washington. The California portion of US 395 is a 557-mile (896 km) route which traverses from Interstate 15 (I-15) in Hesperia, north to the Oregon state line in Modoc County near Goose Lake .
- Day One: Lake Tahoe
- Day Two: Tahoe to Mammoth Lakes
- Day Three: Mammoth Lakes to Lone Pine
- Day Four: Lone Pine to Death Valley
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Start your adventure in Tahoe, a year-round destination for outdoor enthusiasts, with skiing in winter and just about every other activity the rest of the year (the east shore’s Flume Trail is a must for mountain bikers). The lake is the calm centerpiece of the action, famous as the largest alpine lake in North America and for its amazingly clear w...
Two hours south of Tahoe, on a side, not fully paved road off the 395, you’ll find Bodie, a mining ghost town with (allegedly) real ghosts. Take a self-guided tour with the map from the small museum, peering into homes eerily still filled with their last owner’s belongings. Or go on a guided tour to gain access to otherwise closed-off buildings. Ju...
Start your day with a short detour west to Minaret Vista, a stunning panorama taking in a large swath of the Sierra Nevada – imagine the very different reaction that early settlers would have had when faced with this daunting natural barrier. Then drive, hike or bike around Mammoth’s eponymous lakes and check out the curious basalt columns of the D...
Leaving the Sierra Nevada and the 395 behind, it’s time to hit Death Valley, notorious as the hottest place on earth: 134°F (56.6°C) was recorded here in 1913. It’s also the largest US national park outside Alaska. The lowest point in North America, Badwater Basin, is here too, an area of strikingly white salt flats sitting at 282ft below sea level...
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- Red Rock Canyon State Park. About 100 miles north of Hesperia and a short detour off U.S. 395 is Red Rock Canyon State Park (not to be confused with the Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas).
- Lone Pine and Alabama Hills. From Red Rock Canyon, head back to U.S. 395 and drive another 90 miles north to the small town of Lone Pine, designated a "frontier" town by the Census Bureau.
- Mount Whitney. Mount Whitney is the tallest peak in the contiguous United States at 14,494 feet high (and just 85 miles away from the lowest point in all of North America in Death Valley).
- Manzanar National Historic Site. Just 15 minutes north of Lone Pine on U.S. 395 is Manzanar, a national historic site that chronicles a dark part of U.S. history.
Currently, Highway 395 (or US Route 395) has its southern origin/terminus in Hesperia, CA, at a junction with Interstate 15 and ends at the US-Canada border where it becomes British Columbia Highway 395.
Nov 7, 2023 · Highway 395 begins (or ends, depending on which way you’re traveling) in Hesperia, California, a city about 90 minutes east of Los Angeles. It then continues for 1,300 miles until its end...
U.S. 395 is a major highway that traces the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains through California and Nevada. U.S. 395 begins at Exit 141 along Interstate 15 in Hesperia and travels north along Three Flags Highway to the Eastern Sierra.
