About Bishop
Bishop is a small town in eastern California counting 3,746 people who proudly call it home.
Bishop holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.86 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 2,014 residents per square mile.
📰 Bishop News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Bishop Unique
- Positioned in eastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of California — one of 1,618 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Bishop
- Aaron Schat's Roadhouse — american
- Holy Smoke Texas Style BBQ
- Pizza Factory — pizza
- Pupfish Cafe — coffee shop (café)
- Spellbinder Books (café)
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- The Upper Crust Pizzeria — pizza
- Whiskey Creek — regional
- 1903 Taphouse
- Amigos Mexican Restaurant — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- American Mule Museum · Museum
- Laws Railroad Museum · Museum
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Bishop
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Bishop
- Bishop Elementary
- Bishop Union High
- CDS Bishop Elementary
- CDS Bishop High
- CDS Home Street
- Home Street Middle
- Inyo Co Small Steps Infant Toddler and PreSch Program
- Jill Kinmont Boothe
- Keith B. Bright High (Juvenile Hall)
- Round Valley Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Northern Inyo Hospital ★★★ (3/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.