PO Box 426, Independence, CA 93526
Phone: 760-786-2331
Open All Year
Overview. Worried that Americans of Japanese descent would sympathize with the enemy, the U.S. government interned thousands of citizens in ten "War Relocation Centers" between 1942 and 1945. Manzanar, in eastern California's arid Owens Valley, was typical of these internment camps. This site, recently acquired by the Park Service, includes three of the camp's buildings, the remnants of Native American campsites, and the vestiges of an early-20th-century farming community. What to see and do. The site has not yet been developed, so there are no facilities or rangers there, but you may visit during the daylight hours. Manzanar is located off Highway 395, approximately five miles south of Independence and twelve miles north of Lone Pine. The road to the site is undeveloped; access is possible, but difficult. For more information on the history of Manzanar and the Japanese-American internment, visit the Eastern California Museum in Independence.
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