Bishop

Bishop is an old ranching town and the biggest settlement in the Owens River Valley. It is located in the fertile north end of Valley, though the Owens River, Highway 395, and Los Angeles aqueduct continue north from here towards Mono Lake. Just north of town, Highway 6 begins, a two lane blacktop route that heads 3,200 miles east to Cape Cod. Attractions in Bishop include Erick Schat’s Bakkery in Bishop is a major attraction, their Sheepherder bread famous throughout California. Major entrepreneurs in Bishop, the Schat family is also undertaking an effort to be a provider of Internet services for Bishop. KAVA is the only Lithuanian coffeehouse and cybercafe in the Owens Valley. The Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center displays exhibits on the lives of the Valley’s original peoples.