Big Pine, California

Big Pine
census-designated place
Big Pine in the Owens Valley, Sierra Nevada behind
Big Pine Location in California
Coordinates: 37°09′54″N 118°17′22″W / 37.16500°N 118.28944°W / 37.16500; -118.28944Coordinates: 37°09′54″N 118°17′22″W / 37.16500°N 118.28944°W / 37.16500; -118.28944
Country	United States
State	California
County	Inyo
Area
• Total	2.956 sq mi (7.656 km2)
• Land	2.954 sq mi (7.651 km2)
• Water	0.002 sq mi (0.005 km2)  0.065%
Elevation	3,989 ft (1,216 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,756
• Density	590/sq mi (230/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	93513
Area codes	442/760
FIPS code	06-06616
GNIS feature IDs	277473, 2407843

Big Pine (formerly, Bigpine) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south-southeast of Bishop, at an elevation of 3,989 feet (1,216 m). The population was 1,756 at the 2010 census, up from 1,350 at the 2000 census. The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation operates their tribal headquarters from here.

Big Pine is located in the Owens Valley of California between the Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains, just west of the Owens River upstream of its diversion into the Los Angeles Aqueduct. It lies on U.S. Route 395, the main north-south artery through the Owens Valley, connecting the Inland Empire to Reno, Nevada. US 395 also connects Big Pine to Los Angeles via State Route 14 through Palmdale.

To the East, CA route 168 crosses the White Mountains over Westgard Pass to the basin and range province of Nevada, while Death Valley Road leads to Death Valley. The plaque beneath the young giant sequoia (pictured) at the road junction says it was planted in 1913 to commemorate the opening of Westgaard Pass to auto traffic. North from Westgaard Pass lies the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to the oldest trees in the world.