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Walker Pass (el. 5250 ft (1600 m)) is a mountain pass by Lake Isabella in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. It is located in northeastern Kern County approximately 53 mi (85 km) ENE of Bakersfield and 10 mi (16 km) WNW of Ridgecrest. The pass provides a route between the San Joaquin Valley on the west and the Mojave Desert on the east.Walker Pass is a National Historic Landmark and is under the stewardship of the Bureau of Land Management.