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One of my favorite roads in the Tehachapi area is only 3 miles long and dead-ends with no outlet. I’ve been on it a thousand times and still look forward to every trip on this winding two-lane road. Which one is it? Water Canyon Road, of course. Water Canyon Road begins at Highline Road and travels south into the mountains, ending at the 500-acre Tehachapi Mountain Park, a Kern County Parks Department facility that was established in 1952. It starts at an elevation of 4,000 feet and ends 3 miles later at almost 5,500 feet. The canyon through which this little road snakes its way into the mountains derives its name from Tehachapi Creek, which splashes or trickles beside the road year-round, though it may disappear underground in places during the summer. The perpetual presence of the creek has created a narrow riparian area of willows, cottonwoods, canyon oaks and elderberries, and contrasted with more arid surroundings it is indeed a Water Canyon. The Nüwa (Kawaiisu)...
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