Panum Crater, Inyo National Forest

Name: Panum Crater
Address: Inyo National Forest, United States

#4 among attractions in Inyo National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Volcano

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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. Panum Crater is between 600 and 700 years old, and it exhibits all of the characteristics of the textbook rhyolitic lava dome. ()

Last eruption: 1365Prominence: 220 ftCoordinates: 37°55'46"N, 119°2'46"W

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Inyo National Forest United States

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Panum Crater – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Mono–Inyo Craters, Lee Vining, Mono Lake.

1.6 miNW
Museum, Natural history museum
Mono Basin National Scenic Area, Inyo National Forest
41 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.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mono–Inyo Craters, Inyo National Forest
106 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.
4.4 miNW
Town
Lee Vining
113 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.
4.8 miN
Lake
Mono Lake
122 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.
5.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Mono Basin, Inyo National Forest
139 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.
6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Bohler Canyon, Inyo National Forest
156 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.
4.8 miN
Island
Paoha Island
122 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.