Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site
Built 1972. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 6 mi. S of Independence on CA 395, Independence, CA |
| County | Inyo County |
| Listed | Jul 30, 1976 |
| Listed for | Social history, Asian heritage, Military |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Manzanar Internment Camp; Manzanar Concentration Camp |
| Reference number | 76000484 |
| Built | 1972 · more from the 1970s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, California Historical Landmark, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 6 mi. S of Independence on CA 395, Independence, CA |
| Coordinates | 36.7283° N, 118.1544° W · Directions ↗ |
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Nearby in Inyo County
Public land around it
| Alabama Hills National Scenic Area ↗National Scenic Area, Bureau of Land Management | About 5 miles away18,831 acres |
| Inyo Mountains Wilderness ↗Wilderness, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service | About 2 miles away199,208 acres |
| Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park Service | About 4 miles away768,222 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site listed on the National Register?
Jul 30, 1976. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site built?
1972.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site?
6 mi. S of Independence on CA 395, Independence, Inyo County, California.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Manzanar War Relocation Center, National Historic Site right now?
4 active incidents within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Cedar Grove Brush Dump Rx, 28 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000484. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.