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    Manzanar

    National Historic Site California

Outdoor Activities

Driving Tour
A 3.2 mile self-guided driving tour takes you past the sentry posts, camp auditorium, ruins of the administrative complex, concrete foundations of many types, rock gardens, portions of the water system, and the camp cemetery. Stop in the Interpretive Center for our brochure which contains the tour description.

 

Mountain Biking

Bike the main tour road or gravel roads north and south of the site.

 

Explore the Site

Visitors are encouraged to explore the site on their own. Although cars and bicycles are restricted to the tour road, you are free to explore the entire site on foot. You can visit the gardens in block 22, the chicken ranch, the orchards, or any of the other features of the site not on the main tour road.

Did You Know?

Dining in the mess hall. Photo by Dorothea Lange.

28,790,221 meals were served to internees at Manzanar from March, 1942, until November, 1945, at a cost of $3,384,749.02.