Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Inyo National Forest

Name: Mono Basin National Scenic Area
Address: Inyo National Forest, United States

#10 among attractions in Inyo National Forest

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Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Inyo National Forest

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The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area is a protected area in Eastern California that surrounds Mono Lake and the northern half of the Mono Craters volcanic field. It is administered by the Inyo National Forest as a unit of the National Forest Scenic Area program, under the U.S. Forest Service. ()

Coordinates: 37°57'1"N, 119°3'32"W

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Inyo National Forest United States

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Mono Basin National Scenic Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Panum Crater, Mono–Inyo Craters, Lee Vining, Mono Lake.

1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Panum Crater, Inyo National Forest
41 min walk • Panum Crater is a volcanic cone that is part of the Mono–Inyo Craters, a chain of recent volcanic cones south of Mono Lake and east of the Sierra Nevada, in California, United States.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mono–Inyo Craters, Inyo National Forest
147 min walk • The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles from the northwest shore of Mono Lake to the south of Mammoth Mountain.
3.3 miW
Town
Lee Vining
85 min walk • Lee Vining is a census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States. It is located 21 miles south-southeast of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 6781 feet. Lee Vining is located on the southwest shore of Mono Lake.
3.5 miN
Lake
Mono Lake
91 min walk • Mono Lake is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline.
7.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Bloody Canyon, Inyo National Forest
185 min walk • Bloody Canyon is a valley in Mono County, California, in the United States. The canyon was so named from the blood shed by work horses on the jagged rocks on the canyon's steep trails.
6.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Bohler Canyon, Inyo National Forest
160 min walk • Bohler Canyon is a valley in Mono County, California, in the United States. Bohler Canyon was named for Joseph Bohler, an early settler.
4.6 miN
Island
Negit Island, Inyo National Forest
118 min walk • Negit Island is an island in Mono Lake. Negit is a volcanic cone less than 2000 years old. It can be considered to be the northernmost of the Mono Craters. Negit is composed of three dark dacite lava flows.
3.5 miN
Island
Paoha Island
91 min walk • Paoha Island is a volcanic island in Mono Lake, an endorheic lake in the U.S. state of California. The island was formed by a series of eruptions in the 17th century. It is composed of lakebed sediments deposited above volcanic domes. It is one of two major islands in the lake, the other being the smaller Negit Island.