Lee Vining

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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. The population was 222 as of the 2010 census, down from 250 reported as of 2000 by Mono County. At the previous census the town population was 398, and at the census before that it was 315. ()

Alternative names: Area: 5.22 mi²Coordinates: 37°57'25"N, 119°7'8"W

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Lee Vining – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Panum Crater, Mount Dana, Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Mount Gibbs.

4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Panum Crater, Inyo National Forest
113 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.
6.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Dana, Ansel Adams Wilderness
174 min walk • Mount Dana is a mountain in the U.S. state of California. Its summit marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park and the western boundary of the Ansel Adams Wilderness.
3.3 miE
Museum, Natural history museum
Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Inyo National Forest
85 min walk • 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.
7.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Gibbs, Ansel Adams Wilderness
191 min walk • Mount Gibbs is located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, 2.6 miles south of Mount Dana. The mountain was named in honor of Oliver Gibbs, a professor at Harvard University and friend of Josiah Whitney.
5.3 miNE
Lake
Mono Lake
137 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.
5.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Bloody Canyon, Inyo National Forest
147 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.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Bohler Canyon, Inyo National Forest
120 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.
5.6 miNE
Island
Negit Island, Inyo National Forest
143 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.
6.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Dana Glacier, Ansel Adams Wilderness
170 min walk • The Dana Glacier is located inside a northwest facing cirque located east of the 13,061 feet Mount Dana on the eastern border of Yosemite National Park, California. It is very close to Tioga Pass and Highway 120.
5.3 miNE
Island
Paoha Island
137 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.