The Tejon Pass /teɪˈhoʊn, təˈhoʊn, ˈteɪ.hoʊn/, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between...
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The Old Tejon Pass (originally Tejon Pass) is a mountain pass in the Tehachapi Mountains linking Southern and Central California. The pass is located in...
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the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains. It is in the area of Tejon Pass along Interstate 5 in Kern County, California, the main route through...
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freeway sharply descends for 12 mi (19 km) from 4,144 ft (1,263 m) at the Tejon Pass to 1,499 ft (457 m) at Grapevine near the southernmost point of the San...
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Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE: TRC), based in Lebec, California, is one of the largest private landowners in California. The company was incorporated in 1936...
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Tejon may refer to: Tejon, California Fort Tejon, California Tejon Pass Tejón, a Mexican name for Coati, an animal in the raccoon family Tejon Indian Tribe...
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List of mountain passes in California Cajon Pass Escondido Summit Newhall Pass Soledad Pass Tehachapi Pass Tejon Pass & Old Tejon Pass Bright, William...
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Mountains by Tejon Pass at the range's western end. The dramatic incline of Interstate 5 from the San Joaquin Valley floor up to the pass, is regionally...
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Ridge Route (redirect from Tejon-Castaic Ridge Route)
the Tejon Pass and the rugged Sierra Pelona Mountains ridge south of Gorman. Much of the old road runs through the Angeles National Forest, and passes many...
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Route 58. The Pass is also the route of the planned California High-Speed Rail line. The Tehachapi Mountains are also crossed by Tejon Pass at the southwest...
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Grapevine, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
lies in Grapevine Canyon through the Tejon Pass. The village and grade are named for the canyon the trail passed through, after the wild grapes that grow...
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southern Mojave Desert. Notable passes along the San Andreas fault include Tejon Pass, Cajon Pass, and San Gorgonio Pass. Components of Transverse Ranges...
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The 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 a.m. (Pacific time) on January 9 in central and Southern California. One of the largest recorded...
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Frazier Park, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. The population was 2,592 in the 2020 census, down from 2,691 in 2010...
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Gorman, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
California, United States. It is located in Peace Valley south of the Tejon Pass, which links Southern California with the San Joaquin Valley and Northern...
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the steep 3,000 feet (910 m) climb up Tejon Pass. Before the 1964 state highway renumbering, old Route 99 passed through Wheeler Ridge. The epicenter of...
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The Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, or the Frazier Mountain Communities, in the San Emigdio Mountains is a region of California that includes Lebec...
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present Tejon Pass, then known as Fort Tejon Pass. As the Tejon Creek Pass was abandoned, the name Tejon Pass came to be used solely for the pass leading...
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narrow valleys to reach the second-highest point of its entire length, Tejon Pass (elevation 4,144 ft or 1,263 m) in the Tehachapi Mountains. The freeway...
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The Tejon Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Kitanemuk, Yokuts, Paiute and Chumash indigenous people of California. Their ancestral homeland...
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Pacheco Pass, elevation 1,368 ft (417 m), is a low mountain pass located in the Diablo Range in southeastern Santa Clara County, California. It is the...
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The old Tejon Pass route was abandoned in favor of the route through Grapevine Canyon and Fort Tejon Pass was shortened taking the name Tejon Pass. Once...
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to PG&E's by the Path 26 wires that generally follow Interstate 5 over Tejon Pass. The interconnection takes place at a large substation at Buttonwillow...
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Pine Mountain Club, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
census-designated place (CDP). It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Pine Mountain Club has an area of 16.7 square miles (43.25 km2). It ranges...
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community of the people remained in contact with one another between Tejon Pass and San Gabriel township into the 20th century. Since 2006, four organizations...
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route through there. The owners of Tejon Ranch, which has large land holdings in Tejon Pass, also opposed the Tejon route and pressured the Authority to...
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Lebec, California (category Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass)
Tehachapi Mountains. The community is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Lebec is 40 miles (64 km) south of Bakersfield. According to the United...
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Castac Lake (Chumash: Kaštiq), also known as Tejon Lake, is a natural saline endorheic, or sink, lake near Lebec, California. The lake is located in the...
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Grapevine Hill (a long, nearly straight grade up Grapevine Canyon to Tejon Pass, near the town of Gorman, California) to fit it within the narrative of...
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roadway pass at 9,943 feet (3,031 m)) Trail Crest Walker Pass Yuba Pass Aeroplane Pass Metsantan Pass Sifton Pass Oak Creek Pass Tehachapi Pass Tejon Pass Emory...
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