- Bridgeport, California
.
Geography and Features
The ZIP Code is 93517, and the community is inside
area code 760 .Hot Springs, in the hills to the east of the town.
The
US Marine Corps 'Mountain Warfare Training Center is located approximately convert|20|mi|km north of Bridgeport on State Route 108.Bridgeport is also notable for its proximity to the well-preserved
ghost town of Bodie. Formerly known as Piney Meadows, Bridgeport is annually visited by thousands of tourists, many of whom come to the area for its well-knowntrout streams.Bridgeport also occasionally plays host to the annual
E Clampus Vitus celebration.Bridgeport has some of the finest backcountry winter recreation in the world. Over 500 miles of cross country skiing, snowshoeing, dogsledding, snowmobiling and multiple-use trails are found around the town, including from Virginia Lakes Road, the Sweetwater Range, Buckeye, Bodie Hills and Summers Meadows. Huge numbers of backcountry bowls can be used for telemarking and XC Downhilling. Always check weather and avalanche conditions before venturing into the backcountry; weather conditions change rapidly.
Politics
In the state legislature Bridgeport is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican
Dave Cox , and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by RepublicanTom Berryhill . Federally, Bridgeport is located inCalifornia's 25th congressional district , which has a Cook PVI of R +7 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2007-10-20] and is represented by Republican Buck McKeon.Bridgeport in fiction
Bridgeport is the setting of the
1947 film "Out of the Past "; several sequences were filmed on location in the town.Bridgeport plays a small role in the novel "
The Dharma Bums " (1958 ) byJack Kerouac ; it is the place from where the main characters Ray Smith, Japhy Ryder and Henry Morley start their climb to the nearbyMatterhorn Peak .References
External links
* [http://bridgeportcalifornia.com/ Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce]
*http://www.shopoutdoors.com/bridgeport.html shows photos and links to the area, winter recreation services.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
