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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Mono County, California

Updated September 27, 2019

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Bishop Tuff

Mono County, California

Crowley Lake Columns

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Hot Creek Geological Site

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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Mono Mills

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

2 miles from Mono County

The dome as seen from where the trail tops out on the tephra ring.

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Panum Crater

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

5 miles from Mono County

Tufa tower on south shore of Mono Lake

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Mono Lake

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

7 miles from Mono County

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Grave of the Unknown Prospector

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

7 miles from Mono County

A fissure.

Lee Vining, California

Black Point Fissures by Mono Lake

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

10 miles from Mono County

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California’s Saltiest Lake Is Chock-Full of Bizarre Roundworms

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