Echo, Inyo County, California
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Echo is a former settlement in Inyo County
, California
.
It was located on the crest of the Funeral Mountains
above Death Valley
, halfway between Lee
and Schwaub
.
The site of Echo is within Death Valley National Park
.
Inyo County, California
-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
It was located on the crest of the Funeral Mountains
Funeral Mountains
The Funeral Mountains are a short, arid mountain range in the United States along the California-Nevada border approximately 100 mi west of Las Vegas. The mountains are considered a subrange of the Amargosa Range that form the eastern wall of Death Valley.The Amargosa Desert lies along the...
above Death Valley
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America. Badwater, a basin located in Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below...
, halfway between Lee
Lee, California
Lee is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.It was located near the Nevada state line, east of Beatty Junction.A post office operated at Lee from 1907 to 1912. The name honors Dick Lee, who discovered gold at the site....
and Schwaub
Schwaub, California
Schwaub is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located in the Funeral Mountains of Death Valley north of Ryan, at an elevation of 3389 feet ....
.
The site of Echo is within Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park is a national park in the U.S. states of California and Nevada located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes,...
.