Eastern Mojave Vegetation California Highway 167  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  California Highway 167 is also known as Pole Line Road.

Other articles:
• Lundy Lake Road:   at US Hwy 395;
• U. S. Highway 395:   at CA Hwy 167;  

Junction: U. S. Highway 395, south to Lee Vining, or north to Bridgeport.

Other articles:
• E. Mono Lake Drive:   at CA 167;  

Junction:
  • E. Mono Lake Drive, to Mono City.
  • back road to Conway Ranch

Other articles:
• Goat Ranch Cutoff:   at CA Hwy 167;  

Junction: Goat Ranch Cutoff

Locations: Wilson Creek.  

Crossing Wilson Creek.

Other articles:
• Conway Ranch Road:   at CA Hwy 167;  

Junction: Conway Ranch Road

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  5-Jun-05 on CA Hwy 167;   Col. #720;
• Eastern Mojave Geology:  stabilized dunes;
• Mono Lake Basin Flora:   at Mono Dunes;
Full Size ImageStabilized dunes along California Highway 167
Full Size ImageHabitat of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.  

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Habitat of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.
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Habit of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.
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Habitat of Ephedra viridis in the Mono Dunes

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  5-Jun-05 on CA Hwy 167;
Full Size ImageLooking east on California Highway 167  

Other articles:
• Cemetery Road (FR 02N40):   at CA Hwy 167;  

Junction: Cemetery Road

Literature Cited:
- Messick, T. H., 1982.

Locations: Rancheria Gulch.  

Crossing Rancheria Gulch.

The upper portions of Rancheria Gulch are included within Messick's (1982) flora of the Bodie Hills.

Other articles:
• Forest Road 03N09:   at CA 167;  

Junction: Forest Road 03N09 “No. Mono Gravel Pit”

Other articles:
• Cottonwood Canyon Road:  40000;  

Junction: Cottonwood Canyon Road, to Bodie,

Other articles:
• Forest Road 02N47:   at CA 167;  

Junction: Forest Road 03N47 “Waford Springs Cutoff”

Other articles:
• 3N05:  at CA 167;
• Field Notes:  5-Jun-05 near Mono Dunes;
• Eastern Mojave Geology:  stabilized dunes;
Full Size ImageSand dunes near Mono Lake.  

Junction: Forest Road 3N05, to the south gives access to the shore of Mono Lake and the sand dunes.

Literature Cited:
- Pavlik, Bruce Michael, 1985.

Locations: Mono Dunes.  

There are sand dunes on both the north and south sides of California Highway 167 for several miles. A description of the Mono Dunes studied by Pavlik (1985) suggests that he studied the dunes to the north.

Other articles:
• East Shore Road:   at CA 167;  

Junction: Forest Road 01N54 “East Shore Road”

Other articles:
• Forest Road 03N103:   at CA 167;
• Field Notes:  20060605090;
Full Size ImageCrossing of the Bodie and Benton Railroad  

Junction: Forest Road 03N103
Bodie and Benton R. R.

Surveyed in March, 1881, and completed in December 1881. With materials hauled from Hawthorne, Nevada, through Bodie to this road bed, at a cost of one million dollars. This narrow gauge railway carried timber supplies 31.74 miles from Mono Mills to Bodie station, rising in grade 2074 feet to an elevation of 8500 feet. Operations continued until 1918, when decreased mining activity caused the railroad to be dismantled.

Dedicated September 13, 1969

  • Bodie Chapter, E. Clampus Vitus
  • Mono County Board of Supervisors

  • Full Size ImageLooking northwest on Dobie Meadows Road  

    Other articles:
    • Dobie Meadows Road:   at CA Hwy 167;  

    Junction: Dobie Meadows Road, northwest along the base of the Bodie Hills, or southeast and south across Mono Valley to the Adobe Hills Spillway.

    Caution: this road can be very sandy.


    Full Size ImageLooking southeast on Dobie Meadows Road  

    Other articles:
    • Field Notes:  20090707010;
    Full Size ImageView west on California Highway 167  

     

    Other articles:
    • Field Notes:  20090707010;

    Locations: Cedar Hill.
    Full Size ImageShorelines on Cedar Hill  

    Locations: Cedar Hill.  

    Cedar Hill to the north. 3,748 acres of land around Cedar Hill were acquired by the Wilderness Land Trust from developer Mel Arthur in in March 2006. The land will be transferred into public ownership under the jurisdiction of the BLM.

    Literature Cited:
    - Barbour, Michael G., Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Allan A. Schoenherr, 2007.

    Other articles:
    • Field Notes:  Coll. No. 572, 7 Jul 2009;
    Full Size ImageVery large Utah Juniper, Collection No. 572  

    "There is a remarkable stand of Utah juniper east of Mono Lake near the Nevada border. The stand has very little single leaf pinyon, and the Utah juniper trees are very large and have the appearance of very old trees. The stand is growing on wind-eroded volcanic tephra sand with little understory herbaceous vegetation, which may contribute to making the location a fire safe site (Barbour, et al., 2007)."

    Other articles:
    • Field Notes:  20060605100;
    Full Size ImageNevada State boundary at end of California Highway 167.  

     

     

    Literature Cited:
    - Wilusz, John P., 2002.

    Other articles:
    • Nevada Highway 359:   at California;  

    Nevada State Line

    Junction: Nevada State Route 359
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    Date and time this article was prepared: 12/9/2024 7:22:15 PM