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Here’s a handy website that has the Sierra Wildland Fire cams all visible on one “page”.
Go to http://www.portervilleweather.org/
On the left side of the page, mouse over “Webcams” and then click on “Nearby Public”
The current image of each of the fire cams then comes up and you can click on the ones that you want to to see a large-size image. Much handier than the fire cams own page.
FYI: The image from the Buckeye Tree Lodge camera was not updated for a while, so I emailed them about it. The owner replied that they’re currently painting the building so they had to take the cameras down, but he says they should be back up within a week or so. He says *both* cameras will be back up - and while they’re not the most spectacular they do give a good view of the river level so I’m looking forward to it!
New Mt. Whitney cam, updates every 10 mins
http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/webcam/whitney.jpg
Woah! Is that for real?!? That’s awesome.
Very cool. I’ll get it on the list again.
Truly one of the “missing links” of Sierra Nevada webcam coverage! Now if we can get a cam on one of the waterfalls in Yosemite we’ll have it made. Bonus points if it’s a video cam! Actually as I think about it that brings up a good question for Sierra Visions viewers - what part of the Sierras would you like to see a webcam, where there isn’t one currently. My vote is, of course, a waterfall in Yosemite.
I think that alot of people would agree that the #1 webcam would and should be located in Bodie,given the diverse weather conditions and the huge interest in the park itself.Seeing how the rangers are there 365,24-7 anyway,it wouldn’t take much for the hard working rangers to mantain it. The public would LOVE it!
I was hoping somebody could tell me what the Lone Pine camera is pointing at? And also,is it east or west of 395?
The cam is located on the reservation in Lone Pine, so it’s on the east side of 395 and it’s pointing at the Sierra. Lone Pine Peak is the flat topped peak just left of center, Mt Whitney is to the right of that.
There is no such place as the “SierraS.” The name is already plural and adding an S to a plural is akin to saying “mountainses.” Such a writer said Goudy, will letter space l o w e r c a s e type and steal sheep. Dismantle the pens, release the sheep, and refer to the Sierra or Sierra Nevada.
Just a quick note that if you watch the time lapse of Hume Lake yesterday (Monday, Feb 16) - watch the tree on the lower right side of the view slowly “collapse” under the weight of all the snow falling. Pretty neat.
That’s so cool.
Today is one of those rare days when the Visalia Weather cam really stands out for showing the glory of the Sierra Nevada from the San Joaquin Valley. Actually now that it’s afternoon, a bank of clouds has formed in front of the mountains - it was much better earlier in the day. In any event the weather should be good for great viewing from this cam for the next several days.
Very cool.
I was just watching the Tour of California bike race and they went through the Sierras today. It was so good to see the foothills and the forest. When they got back down into the valley heading for Clovis, I saw how clear it was and the mountains looked awesome with all the new snow.
Yes, they start out here in Visalia tomorrow morning and then head 100+ miles southwest to Paso Robles. We’re hoping to give them some nice weather in contrast to the rain they’ve had the past few days. It’s going to be cold to start - 35± degrees before the sun comes up, but then should warm into the 60s tomorrow with blue skies. Jeez, I sound like a weather forecaster.
Does anyone know what the little buildings on the Auberry cam are?
Lyndsie:
I believe that each building houses a telescope. The rails that protrude from the side of the roof of each building allow the roof to slide off the building - thereby exposing the telescope to the heavens. The people who operate this facility have an extensive website where you can learn all about it: http://sierra-remote.com/
Thanks. I’ve seen the roofs slid back before. Thought that was cool. Never would have thought they were telescopes though. Went to the website. Good info there.
BTW. Love this site. I visit every day. I agree with the above. We need a Yosemite waterfall cam. That would be awesome.
the buildings are located 9 miles above auberry. at the ch 30 and ch 47 towers. I dont know what the buildings are. if you find out let me know. thanks
James
James, read comment by Carl above.
top of the page…. s/b 2009, all us every day vistors know, but maybe not a new vistor….
OOps. Thanks Allie
Totally not the Sierra Nevada or the midwest but I always like to share when I find a really impressive webcam. This is the Brooklyn Bridge looking east from Manhattan:
http://brooklyn-bridge.mobotixcam.de/cgi-bin/guestimage.html
Portola cam moved URL to:
Sorry, second try. Portola cam URL has been moved to:
For the California cams list, here’s a nice complement to the webcams in Marin County that point into San Francisco
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/jsntg/1/show.html
This cam looks like it’s up on the flanks of Twin Peaks, looking northeast toward downtown, almost right up Market Street. Nice view of the Bay Bridge and Oakland Hills beyond also. Click on the picture and you get a slightly larger version
why is lone pine pic out of focus
Don’t have a clue. You’d have to ask them. I can’t even get it to come up half the time on my computer.
The lone pine cam would be nice if focused
I can access every sierra webcam ,with the exception of the virginia city ones. What do I need to do?
Rick,
The Virginia City cam streams with Windows Media Player. So you need the most updated version of that along with a high speed connection.
Also sometimes that cam doesn’t like to work with the Firefox browser. I have problems with it because of that. So try using Internet Explorer to view that cam.
What’s going on with the Yosemite Link???
Ok, never mind. NOW it works. Looks like they were updating the site. Wasn’t working yesterday or just prior to my above posting. Seems to be now.
They changed the website and the page address for the cams. I don’t know when they did that, but I found out about it yesterday afternoon and updated the link as soon as I found out.
The Kaweah River cams page has improved their existing cams and added a new webcam. The cam showing the river (for the kayaker community (be sure to see the sign in the foreground marking the 2002 flood level)) is much improved; their second cam points up toward the Ash Peaks ridge, and they appear to have a new cam pointing east up the Kaweah River canyon, with a distant view of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park. Go to http://c2.com/kaweah/ and scroll down.
Thanks Karl. I like that Moro Rock one. That’s cool. Got to stand on top of Moro Rock once.
I updated the link so it now goes to the page that displays all three cams together at the top of the page. So now you won’t have to scroll down to find the cams.
Looks like they’ve added a fourth cam now that looks directly into one of the whitewater chutes of the Kaweah River.
Can’t access the Hume Lake web cam. Going through withdraws by not getting my daily fix. =(
It looks like the page is temporarily offline. In the meantime, you can still access the web cam through this direct link: http://www.humelake.org/static/webcams/lake/latest.jpg
Thank you so much! =)
Today’s (Mon, April 6) Hume Lake time lapse is classic Hume Lake. Watch for the piece of driftwood that floats up from the bottom of the picture at around 8:25 am, and then drifts off to the west. For a few minutes there are two birds hitching a ride.
Then around 10:50 am watch for the odd wind pattern on the surface of the water that comes down the lake toward the camera and then out of view to the left. Almost looks like there’s an invisible UFO making the pattern. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Ya gotta love the Hume Lake time-lapse.
Just saw this on Cory’s blog about the Bishop WebCam:
“FYI the webcam stopped working last night for some unknown reason and won’t boot up. I’ve got a email into tech support. Don’t know how long it will be down for. Sorry.
”
I looks like the cam is stuck on April 14.
the auberry cam is 9 miles above auberry. near ch 30 and ch 47 towers. dont know what the little sheds are.
The little sheds you are writing about are buildings housing telescopes….Auberry is the ideal location in the United States to view long distance stars, planets and solar systems by high powered telescopes with little effect from city lights.
You can click on view pictures on the website and see their actual work.
The Bishop Ca webcamera has been stuck on same picture fore weeks.
thank you Jim
That’s true. Hey Steve, while you’re in Bishop can you swing by Cary’s place with your hammer and fix his webcam
I meant CORY. Darn keyboard - all it’s fault!
The cam crashed on Cory. Last I saw on his site he had sent the cam back to the manufacture to get it fixed.
YAHOOO Bishop Cam is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s with the Sentinal Dome Cam???
What’s with the Tioga Pass Cam???
The tioga cam is down either due to phone or power failure, after a brief email exchange with the owner. There is no ETA to recovery.
Hey looks like it’s back up today (5/17). Woo-hoo.
Now if we can get Glacier Point up and running, we’ll have something.
And…………………………….
It’s down again.
A cam at Millerton Lake would be a nice addition. Kinda surprised there isn’t one somewhere up there. Was up there Sunday. Lake is FULL, FULL, FULL. Wildflowers. The Best time of the year.
The Huntington Lake webcam is up and running for the season: http://www.huntingtonresort.com/huntington_lake_live_webcam.htm
Woo-hoo. I can feel the breeze off the lake even now….
I clicked on the link, but no picture was there. The space for the streaming vid was present, but alas, no picture.
Yeah I noticed that too. That cam has always been temperamental.
Yesterday’s (May 27) Hume Lake time lapse is very cool. The day starts off with whisps of fog on the lake, then neat cloud activity as the day progresses, then finally strong winds and a huge downpour toward the end of the day.
Wow, for the first time ever (at least as far as I remember) all five Yosemite webcams are out of operation.
The town of Bodie does have a land line running all the way out to Bridgeport, that runs parallel to the main road going in, so I don’t know why the rangers have not installed a web cam yet. If it’s the money, I’d be more than happy to donate a cam that would keep the veiwing public satisfied. I KNOW that there is an incurable curiosity about BODIE, and a streaming webcam would MAKE MY DAY, and alot of others,I’m sure.
I’d say contact them and see what they say. Who knows, they might go for it.
I just read that with California’s budget mess, the State is proposing to close over 200 state parks - including Bodie, and the Mono Lake Tufa area. Mono Lake Committee’s website has information on this: http://www.monolake.org/today/2009/05/29/action-alert-mono-lake-bodie-state-parks-proposed-for-closure/
I like the idea of a webcam at Bodie - you’d think the State would be interested - if for no other reason than security - especially if the place gets locked up.
Does anyone know how to go about obtaining a user name& password for the White Mountain Research Center webcam? You can access the main cam, but you need above info to rotate the cam angles and other veiws.Any help would be appreciated. It’s the only place I’ve seen it snow this late in the year,June 1st.
I don’t know that you can Rick. That camera is ran by the White Mountain Research Station in Bishop. They use the camera to keep an eye on things in the Whites. I think only WMRS people can access controls of the camera. You might try contacting them and see what they say. Here’s the link to their site: http://www.wmrs.edu/
Somebody turned out the nightlight at White Mountain Research Station. The snowstorm that blanketed the area on the 1st is melted ,but it got a new coat on the 5th. At 10,000 feet,I guess I shouldn’t be surprised,but its still awesome.
OMG!!! I just went to the Yosemite webcam and the Tioga link/pic was running like a slideshow. It was bizarre. The cam had been stuck on May 17th (my anniversary), well, since May 17th. But after the “slideshow” it’s stopped on April 17th. Very interesting and strange.
Ok, haha, joke’s on me. So yeah, I accessed the Tioga cam thru the separate link provided above, and viola’, they explained that since the cam is down, they’re showing us a loop. Fun, Fun.
just fix it the darn thing!!
I remember driving through the gate there once a few years ago (when the cam wasn’t working). I asked the ranger if he knew anything about it - and he claimed to not even know that the camera was there! (not that it’s the Park Service’s responsibility, but still!!!!
It’s up today.
is Pollock Pines cam down?
http://sierramc.com/php/ppines/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=40M
Didn’t work for me. So I’d say yes.
It’s snowing in the Whites again ! Totally Awesome!
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Just a suggestion that the Sierra Summit link (which is actually Channel 30 out of Fresno) be replaced with the link to Sierra Summit’s own website: http://www.sierrasummit.com/sierrasummit_snowreport.php.
They have an additional new webcam showing the base area now, which doesn’t show up on Channel 30’s site.
Good idea Karl. I prefer to link to the main site whenever possible. I’ll try to remember to make that change. If I forget, send a gentle reminder please.
But don’t get rid of the existing one please. I visit that one all the time.
Another quick note to say that Hume Lake has added a second cam. This one is called the “Lawn Cam” and points more or less in the opposite direction of the Lake cam. It shows the southwest end of the lake, dock, and some buildings. Looks like it also has time lapse features. A nice addition.
I’m sure I’ll jinx it by saying this, but Tioga Pass is working again. Psssst, pass it on.
Hey all….someone needs to tell Nevada City to buy a new camera….it’s been down for over a week. Got relatives there and they wave at the camera to say “Hi!”