Highway 395 road trip: Eastern Sierra from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe

Up US 395 along the east side of the Sierra Nevada: Lone Pine, Bishop, Mammoth Lakes and Mono Lake, ending at Lake Tahoe.

Stops
6
Nights
6
Driving
451 mi
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Snowy granite peaks rising above golden grass hills.

The route by road

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The stops, in order

  1. Los Angeles, California

    A stop on the way

    Start early.

  2. 3 h 18 min · 211 mi from Los Angeles

    Lone Pine, California

    1 night

    The Alabama Hills below Mount Whitney.

  3. 57 min · 57 mi from Lone Pine

    Bishop, California

    1 night

    Owens Valley town for the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.

  4. 44 min · 42 mi from Bishop

    Mammoth Lakes, California

    2 nights

    Mountain lakes and Devils Postpile.

  5. 30 min · 29 mi from Mammoth Lakes

    Lee Vining, California

    1 night

    Mono Lake's tufa towers. Tioga Pass into Yosemite is seasonal.

  6. 2 h 07 min · 111 mi from Lee Vining

    South Lake Tahoe, California

    1 night

    Lake Tahoe's south shore.

Day by day

6 days with the nights above. Drive times are for a car without traffic; a day over six hours is flagged.

  1. Day 1: Los Angeles to Lone Pine

    Night in Lone Pine

    3 h 18 min · 211 mi

  2. Day 2: Lone Pine to Bishop

    Night in Bishop

    57 min · 57 mi

  3. Day 3: Bishop to Mammoth Lakes

    Night in Mammoth Lakes

    44 min · 42 mi

  4. Day 4: In Mammoth Lakes

    No driving

  5. Day 5: Mammoth Lakes to Lee Vining

    Night in Lee Vining

    30 min · 29 mi

  6. Day 6: Lee Vining to South Lake Tahoe

    Night in South Lake Tahoe

    2 h 07 min · 111 mi
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Photo: The eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, from California Highway 395. “Eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas” by Amit Patel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. “Joshua Tree National Park 2013” by Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0. “Bixby Creek Bridge, California, USA - May 2013” by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0. “Oregon coast taken from Highway 101 near Brookings, Oregon (3388091714)” by OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons, Public domain.