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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]
Tuolumne Meadows (/ t u ˈ ɒ l əm i /) is a gentle, dome-studded, sub-alpine meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern section of Yosemite National Park in the United States.
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.
The peak is situated north of Lee Vining Canyon, and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southeast of Mount Warren, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,300 feet (1,600 meters) above Mono Lake in less than four miles (6.4 km), and 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above Lee Vining Creek in two miles (3.2 km).
It is located against the southern rim of the Mono Basin, 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Lee Vining. [4] The majority of the developed community is spread narrowly along a five-mile stretch of California State Route 158, [5] known as the June Lake Loop Road, or in the populated areas, Boulder Drive.
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.
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It is the location of a hiking trail, with the trailhead at an elevation of 10,100 feet, and its base camps at Lee Vining and Mammoth Lakes. [1] References