Road trip guide
Highway 395, Eastern Sierra: the drive, the stops and where to sleep
- Distance
- About 300 miles (480 km)
- Time
- 2–4 days
- Best time
- June–October (Tioga Pass usually open late May to November)
California's back side of the Sierra Nevada: Mount Whitney, the Alabama Hills, Mammoth and Mono Lake, up to Lake Tahoe.
Open this route in XCRSNHighlights
- Alabama Hills and Mobius Arch
- Manzanar National Historic Site
- Convict Lake
- Mono Lake tufa towers
- Bodie ghost town
The route
- Lone Pine, CA
- Bishop, CA
- Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Lee Vining, CA
- Bridgeport, CA
- South Lake Tahoe, CA
Road trip tips
- Tioga Pass into Yosemite closes in winter — check before planning a detour.
- Fuel is sparse between towns; top up in Lone Pine, Bishop and Mammoth.
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