Guidebook
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS - Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trailblazer, who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Frémont expedition of 1845. After 1860 it became a mining freight route to Owens Valley.
Location
(SR 178 at Pacific Crest Trail) At summit on State Hwy 178 (P.M. 79.8), 8.4 mi NW of Freeman Jct (State Hwy 14)
Open Map
Notes
Old style state plaque
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS, State Street Sign
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS, Marker
NO. 99 WALKER'S PASS, Old Style State Plaque