The Top 12 Natural Monuments around Lee Vining
Lee Vining’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 12
beautiful natural monuments around Lee Vining. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Lee Vining. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 1, 2025
These bizarre rock formations are formed in and around Mono Lake from the salty, alkaline water of Mono Lake in connection with underground springs.
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Central visitor center serving the entire Mono Basin area. Usually closed in winter (Dec-Mar) with great info about Mono Lake, permits, and the trails in the adjacent Sierra Valleys between …
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The reserve was established to preserve the spectacular "tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water. It also protects the lake surface …
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At 650 years old, Panum Crater is a fairly young volcanic crater in the Mono Lake Area. A rim trail leads around, the short plug trail directly up to the maw.
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Cool cave carved into the soft volcanic tufa rock near Mono Lake as shelter by shepherds grazing their livestock here in the last century.
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