Getting There
It's a 6-hour drive from San Francisco via Highway 120 over the Tioga Pass in Yosemite (closed in winter); 5 hours north of Los Angeles via Highway 14 and U.S. 395; and 3 hours south of Reno, Nevada, via U.S. 395. In winter, Mammoth is accessible via U.S. 395 from the north or the south.
Mammoth Air Charter (tel. 760/934-4279) offers charter flights to the area. It services Mammoth Lakes Airport on U.S. 395. The closest international airport is Reno-Tahoe Airport (tel. 775/328-6400).
Visitor Information
Contact the Mammoth Lakes Visitors Bureau, Highway 203 (P.O. Box 48), Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 (tel. 888/466-2666 or 760/934-2712; www.visitmammoth.com).
Mammoth Lakes Travel Experiences
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Yosemite National Park
Our next stop was Yosemite. We spent three nights there visiting all the sights in the National Park. We saw the fifth tallest waterfall... Continue reading »
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Sleeping with the Bears
My husband and I started off on our roadtrip early Saturday morning in at the end of June. Traveling from San Jose to toward the park, w... Continue reading »
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Yosemite NP
A diamond in the rough? Not quite. This is the Hope Diamond. The crown jewel. The big kahuna. I hate to foll... Continue reading »
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Day 2 -Mountains, Rockfaces, waterfalls....
And Miles to go before I sleep.....We woke up and regretted that we had to leave this place by early afternoon. We had planned to get up... Continue reading »
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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
This morning we left Vegas and headed back into California towards Death Valley.As we neared the national park, we kept an eye on our int... Continue reading »
Popular Mammoth Lakes Hotels
- Best Western High Sierra Hotel
- Juniper Springs
- Shilo Inn Mammoth Lake Suites
- Village at Mammoth Lodging The
- Sierra Lodge
- Austria Hof Lodge
- Motel 6
- Westin Monache Resort Mammoth
- Mammoth Mountain Inn
- The Village at Mammoth
