Lon Chaney Cabin

Lonchaney com great grandson ron chaney s site.

Lon chaney cabin. Built under a government special use permit chaney owned the cabin but only leased the half acre of land. Hikers should bear right north and follow the trail over a bridge and gradually up an open glacial valley. An oficial historic site.

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The cabin is located up the north fork of the big pine creek trail. The lon chaney cabin is also an architecturally unique building as it was designed by paul revere williams after a quarter mile 25 the trail passes alongside the north fork of big pine creek and intersects with an old use road. Film threat interview an interview i did for film threat.

Travel west along big pine creek to the trailhead at glacier lodge. The cabin is located up the north fork of the big pine creek trail. Take the north fork trail for about 2 miles to the cabin just inside the wilderness boundary.

To get to lon chaney s cabin take the glacier lodge turn off from highway 395 in the town of big pine. Chaney had the stone cabin built for 12 000 in 1929 30. The cabin designed by architect paul williams still stands and is preserved by the inyo national forest service.

Williams designed for chaney in the california high sierras now john muir wilderness was built as a vacation home for the star. Take the north fork trail for about 2 miles to the cabin just inside the wilderness boundary. Lon chaney cabin is a cabin on north fork big pine creek in inyo national forest john muir wilderness ca.