• Mt. Williamson and cemetery monument

    Manzanar

    National Historic Site California

Operating Hours & Seasons

Manzanar National Historic Site

The 814 acre site is open every day from dawn to dusk.

Interpretive Center

Due to budget and staffing constraints, Manzanar National Historic Site's Interpretive Center will remain on shorter "winter" hours (9:00 to 4:30) throughout 2013. In years past, the center remained open an extra hour a day from April 1 through October 31.

Open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Closed December 25

Did You Know?

Window sign in Oakland, California. Photo by Dorothea Lange.

Two thirds of the Japanese Americans interned at Manzanar were American citizens. Most others would have become citizens if it were legally possible.