Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Cartago
Mount Whitney, 24 mi from Cartago
A typical year brings about 1.4M visitors to Sequoia National Park. No place to visit is mapped inside Cartago; 11 are within 40 miles. Among them are 3 national parks, 2 parks & preserves and a mountain. If you have a day, head to Moro Rock, 44 mi away.
Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
24 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 24 mi northwest
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The places, mapped
At the edge of the map sits Eastern California Museum, 36 mi out.
Orange: Cartago. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The whole list for Cartago
15 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Sequoia National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S..
3Death Valley National Park
National park in California and Nevada in the United States.
4Manzanar National Historic Site
World War II Japanese-American internment camp in California.
5Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
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8Moro Rock
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
9Mount Whitney Trail
Hiking trail to the summit of Mount Whitney in California, United States.
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Naval Museum of Armament & Technology
Military museum in Ridgecrest, California.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Cartago → · Cartago’s history →
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Photo credits
Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · Death Valley National Park: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Manzanar National Historic Site: Dorothea Lange, Public domain · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Owens Lake: Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in November 2003., Public domain · Sequoia National Forest: US Forest Service, Public domain · Moro Rock: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Whitney Trail: Sanjoy Ghosh, CC BY 2.0 · Rainbow Canyon: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Giant Sequoia National Monument: Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0 · Eastern California Museum: Liambruckercasey, CC0 · Giant Forest Museum: David Fulmer, CC BY 2.0 · Maturango Museum: Qfl247 (talk) (Transferred by Citypeek/Original uploaded by Qfl247), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: U.S. Navy photo by Geoffrey Patrick., Public domain
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