Tejon Pass / Grapevine / Tejon Ranch
Tejon is the largest and oldest privately owned ranch land in California. It spans from the northern slopes of the great central valley to the tops of the oak sided mountains. The Tejon Pass 4144′ elevation, is Interstate 5. The golden state freeway zooms by connecting north Los Angeles to the Central Valley…. at 80mph. Watch for CHP near here. It’s easy to go down hill at 90 and not even realize it.
The artist Christo erected 1760 yellow umbrellas along these hillsides in back in 1991.
Awesome wildflowers bloom throughout Tejon, Lebec to Gorman each spring from late March thru May.
The fort site was established by the U.S. Army in 1854 and was designed to protect Native Americans. Restored adobes and museum feature exhibits on military life and local history. They also hold living history events performed by volunteers in costume. The park has a number of 400 year-old valley oak trees. Mister Peter Lebeck was killed by a grizzly here and there is even a tree to prove it.
- Fort Tejon Campground
- Fort Tejon State Historical Park
- Fort Tejon Historical Association
- Historic Earthquake 1857
- Save Tejon Ranch
- Tejon Preserve
- Tejon Ranch
- Tejon Resort Complex Controversial
Tejon Industrial Complex: This is the first large scale development in a master planned laid out by the privately owned Tejon Ranch Corporation. Another trucker stop on the opposite side of the freeway is already underway. In-N-Out Burger, Starbucks, McDonalds, IKEA distribution center, gasoline @ the bottom of the Grapevine. 30 miles south of Bakersfield & just down the hill from Lebec
Headed to Kern River ?
LAVAL ROAD: Wheeler Ridge. This is your freeway exit northbound if you wanna bypass Bako on the way to Lake Isabella & Kernville. Gas up in Lamont, it’s cheaper on the north end of town. Great little taco shops abound.
