Mono Lake

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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. ()

Alternative names: Area: 69.5 mi²Elevation: 6526 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°59'54"N, 119°2'10"W

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CaliforniaUnited States

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Mono Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Panum Crater, Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Lee Vining, Mono Basin.

4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Panum Crater, Inyo National Forest
122 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.
3.5 miS
Museum, Natural history museum
Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Inyo National Forest
91 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.
5.3 miSW
Town
Lee Vining
137 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.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Mono Basin, Inyo National Forest
147 min walk • The Mono Basin is an endorheic drainage basin located east of Yosemite National Park in California and Nevada. It is bordered to the west by the Sierra Nevada, to the east by the Cowtrack Mountains, to the north by the Bodie Hills, and to the south by the north ridge of the Long Valley Caldera.
1.5 miNW
Island
Negit Island, Inyo National Forest
38 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.
~0 ftN
Island
Paoha Island
1 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.