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Lee Vining (formerly Leevining, Poverty Flat, and Lakeview) [4] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [2] in Mono County, California, United States. [2] It is located 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Bridgeport. Lee Vining is located on the southwest shore of Mono Lake. The population was 217 as of the 2020 census. [3]
The Lee Vining Canyon provides the route for California State Route 120 (Tioga Pass Road), the main road crossing Yosemite. Due to the ruggedness of the area, the construction of the road along the sheer canyon walls during the 1930s was the most difficult part of the trans-Sierra crossing.
Lee Vining Peak is an 11,690-foot-elevation (3,563 meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. [4] The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness , on land managed by Inyo National Forest .
The highway retains that name as it travels through Tuolumne Meadows, over Tioga Pass at an elevation of 9,945 feet, and through the Lee Vining Canyon on its 59-mile (95 km) journey to its intersection with U.S. Route 395, at Lee Vining.
During glacial stages, glaciers along Lee Vining Creek, Mill Creek and Rush Creek extended farther down and into Lake Russell. [1] Thus, their moraines were subject to wave erosion by the waters of Lake Russell. These moraines record various pulses of lake and glacier growth and shrinkage. [9]
The Mono Lake Committee has a staffed office and visitor information center in Lee Vining on the corner of U.S. Route 395 and 3rd Street. [49] Information on camping, hiking, guided and self-guided tours can all be obtained at either location. Multiple paved roads surround the Mono-Inyo craters.
The initial idea originated with Jain, a student at University of California, Berkeley, who said he was “shocked” to find that no one had ever taken a photo of a live Mount Lyell shrew.
The Eastern Sierra is a region in California comprising the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, which includes all of Mono and Inyo Counties and portions of other adjoining counties. [1] The main thoroughfare is U.S. Route 395 , which passes through Bridgeport , Lee Vining , Bishop , Big Pine , Independence , Lone Pine , and Olancha , with ...