[1] It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Beckwourth Pass,[2] at an elevation of 5033 feet (1534 m).

This place originated when Orville Stoy relocated there and established a homestead and gas station, and it enjoyed status in the prohibition era.

[3] By 1940 there was a bar, restaurant and motel, and the “Hallelujah International Airport” on an abandoned stretch of Highway 70.

[3] It met its demise when the State of California purchased Hallelujah Junction in 1973 and levelled it to construct the four-lane freeway.

[3] American composer John Adams, who owns a cabin nearby, wrote "Hallelujah Junction", a piece for two pianos, named after this location.