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November 2023 by Michael Mahoney
Great view of the mountains. They had a lot of wasps inside. Nobody has enough sense to get rid of them. So now you can't sit in the couches. The displays and info are well worth the visit. And the staff person we spoke to was exceptional!
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October 2023 by Audrey Wilson
Friendly and helpful staff. Death valley was closed but they helped us find a detour so we could still see as much of the park as possible.
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September 2023 by Mark McQueen
The quintessential place to visit before any attempt to summit Mt. Whitney, or just learn about the Sierra Nevada's and Mount Whitney. Also a great place to get information on National Forest camping opportunities in the Eastern Sierra Nevada - just bring your own maps to have the rangers help you out with as they always seem to be short on printed on material, that's not a complaint as it is environmentally friendly to not hand out paper products to everyone passing through. The visitor center has a nice little gift shop with some great reading material (books) on the local environment and history as well as a raised-relief map (terrain model) that gives context to the Sierra Nevada's.This is the location to pick up your Mt. Whitney ascent permit, and for inspiration you can view Mt. Whitney from here.
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September 2023 by Natalie Clausson
A wonderful informative interactive new visitors center that has educational, informational and gift items for Mount Whitney, Death Valley, and Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. The outside has native plants with their botanical names as well as decorative items to explore. The gift shop alone is with stopping for! Definitely worth the stop!!
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September 2023 by Larry Riendeau
This small visitor center on the edge of Owens Dry Lake is a great stop to get books and information on the area. I stopped here to give my pet a break and use the lavatory myself. The rest rooms were clean and larger than expected. They didn't have that prison/institution feel so many rest areas have. I did not see a specific marked area for pets (I'm sure there is one, it just wasn't obvious to me), but there is plenty of room for them to do their business out of the way (be responsible & pick it up). I was disappointed not to see an outdoor water fountain with pet trough (Again, there might have been one, but it just wasn't obvious to me). Admittedly, the daytime sun in this area would make an outdoor fountain difficult to use without it having a shade cover.
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July 2023 by Michelle Belle
Loved the outdoor native desert flower garden. The people are great/very friendly who work there. Great selection of books, maps, magnets, t-shirts, etc. Lots of info on everything you need! I really really wanted a t-shirt or magnet that said "Ubehebe Crater," because it's such an unusual name, but couldn't find anything. But that's ok!In the parking lot someone had left their dog in the car with the windows rolled down. He was a large dog & jumped out. But he strolled into the visitor center & looked around for his owner. He was very friendly. I was impressed & glad that the staff let him stay where it was cool, & looked for his owner, who did turn up. But they were prepared to care for the dog if not. That was really good!
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June 2023 by Garry Klassen8
Stopped to use restroom & did not realize there's a visitor center there. Gift shop & interesting section with information about some of the pioneers of the DWP.
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April 2023 by Catherine Hunt
We stopped to get info on Death Valley NP road conditions and the ranger is very helpful. She gave us maps and highlighted areas that are open or must see. There is a gift shop and displays. Bathrooms are clean.
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April 2023 by Fan Zhao
Good place to have a rest during a road trip and have some astonishing view of Mt Whitney, Lone Pine Peak, Mount Langley…
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April 2023 by Jordan Patterson
This was a quick stop that became very helpful. The visitor center has free maps that cover the surrounding area extensively, and the people working there are nice, helpful, and knowledgeable. There are public bathrooms with a large parking lot that can easily accommodate any size of vehicle you're traveling in.
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December 2022 by M Will
Large, open, informative, and clean. Variety of parking, water spigot @ entrance, trash cans, and bathrooms. Good variety of merchandise including Death Valley, Mt Whitney, and Alabama Hills items. The cashier was very friendly, knowledgeable, and informative! Highly Recommended - 5/5.
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December 2022 by Gene Greene
This a must stop place if you are going to the eastern Sierras. A great place to get maps, gifts and trail and weather conditions. We went to Meysan Lake. It is not visited very much but well worth the effort to go to. Very poor trail the last part so pay close attention to your location.
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December 2022 by Kimberly Hall
Great Visitor Center outside of Bishop, right across rhe street from rhe amazing Alabama Hills landscape. This is where you pick up your wilderness permits for backpacking on this region.Clean restrooms, interesting information about the area, some unique gifts, car snacks and vending machines.
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December 2022 by Laurie Honeybourne
Perfect stop before entering Lone Pine to stretch your legs, go to the restroom. Interesting things to look at and we even bought a unique puzzle for the family.
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December 2022 by Jeff Phillips
A great place to stop on the way to further adventures in the High Sierra or Death Valley. Clean, friendly and a nice gift shop.
