Lone Pine California Lone Pine, California doesn't look like much at first. It's a dusty desert town of a few thousand, on highway 395, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas. There might still be only one traffic light. So what makes it a great vacation destination?The Lone Pine Film FestivalHere are some of the movies filmed in this part of California: Gunga Din, How The West Was Won, Star Trek, Tremors,...... Similar Editorial : by Kevin Bishop. | Source : Atlanta Georgia Trip