Places to Explore In The Southern Sierra

Discover the best places to explore in The Southern Sierra with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Bass Lake

Almost surrounded by the Sierra National Forest, Bass Lake is a reservoir whose waters can reach 80ºF in summer. Created by a dam on a...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Bodie State Historic Park

Bodie State Historic Park's scenery is spectacular, with craggy, snowcapped peaks looming over vast prairies. The town of Bridgeport is the gateway to the park...

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  • 1 Things To Do

El Portal

The market in town is a good place to pick up provisions before you get to Yosemite. You'll find a post office and a gas...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Fish Camp

As you climb in elevation along Highway 41 northbound, you see nothing but trees until you get to Fish Camp, where there's a post office...

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  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Lee Vining

Tiny Lee Vining is known primarily as the eastern gateway to Yosemite National Park (summer only) and the location of vast and desolate Mono Lake...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Mammoth Lakes

International real-estate developers joined forces with Mammoth Mountain Ski Area to transform the once sleepy town of Mammoth Lakes (elevation 7,800 feet) into an upscale...

  • 10 Restaurants
  • 9 Hotels
  • 12 Things To Do

Oakhurst

Motels, restaurants, gas stations, and small businesses line Highway 41 in Oakhurst, the last sizable community before Yosemite National Park and a good spot to...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Three Rivers

Three Rivers is a good spot to find a room when park lodgings are full. Either because residents here appreciate their idyllic setting or because...

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