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Walker Pass - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Backpacker, Hiker, Hitchhiker, Infantryman, Marcher, Pedestrian, Perambulator, Peripatetic, Pram, Stroller

Walker Pass (elevation 5,250 ft/1,600 m) is a mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. It is located in northeastern Kern County, approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WNW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the San Joaquin Valley on the west and the Mojave Desert on the east

It was charted as route through the Sierra in 1834 by Joseph Walker, a member of the Bonneville Expedition. Walker returned to the pass in 1843, leading the Joseph B. Chiles emigrant party. In 1845 the miltiary surveying expedition of John C. Fremont used the pass.

California State Highway 178 crosses the pass.

Walker Pass is a National Historic Landmark, and is owned by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Example Usage of Walker

HelloooHolly: RT @PiinkyBee: So class just startd & I'm stuck on the train sitting next to old ass madam CJ Walker before the hot comb damn_DEAD! I can't!
cr3: @madadamuk Registrant: Tom Walker Address: Montague Street Edinburgh EH8 9QT United Kingdom Dunno. Could be ok?
_carolzinha: I can't believe how you looked at me / With your Johnnie Walker eyes
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