Grapevine, California

Grapevine is an unincorporated community in Kern County located at the foot of a road grade known as the Grapevine through Tejon Pass in the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley along Interstate 5 (formerly U.S. Route 99). The village consists mainly of roadside services. The village and grade are named, not for the once-winding road that used to climb the steep mountain pass, but for the wild grapes that still grow along the original road. The grade was infamous for its high accident rate before the road was straightened and widened. The road is still occasionally closed due to heavy snowfall during winter storms. As the Grapevine is the major route between Northern and Southern California, any closure is a major disruption to traffic along the West Coast.

To the south of the settlement is the Grapevine Canyon, through which I-5 and the Grapevine Creek run, the latter beginning in the Castaic Valley at Lebec.

The ZIP Code is 93301, and the community is inside area code 661.

Grapevine Hill is mentioned in the song Hot Rod Lincoln.

Grapevine Hill and The Grapevine are two distinct locations in Southern California. The song "Hot Rod Lincoln" is set on Grapevine Hill, in the San Pedro-Long Beach area of Los Angeles' South Bay. The Grapevine is a stretch of Interstate 5 in the Gorman area, 100 miles north of Grapevine Hill.

ee also

*Ridge Route

External links

*http://www.MountainEnterprise.com (local newspaper)