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Bridgeport is located at (38.25583, -119.23028), at the intersection of highways US 395 and California 182. Visitors to Bridgeport often take advantage of one of California's best-kept natural Hot Springs , the Travertine Hot Springs, in the hills to the east of the town. The US Marine Corps ' Mountain Warfare Training Center is located in Bridgeport. Bridgeport is also notable for its proximity to the well-preserved Ghost Town of Bodie . BRIDGEPORT IN FICTION Bridgeport is the setting of the 1947 film '' Out Of The Past ''; several sequences were filmed on location in the town. Bridgeport plays a small role in the novel The Dharma Bums ( 1958 ) by Jack Kerouac ; it is the place from where the main characters Ray Smith, Japhy Ryder and Henry Morley start their climb to the nearby Matterhorn Peak . EXTERNAL LINKS
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