Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Kennedy Meadows
Sequoia National Park, 28 mi from Kennedy Meadows
Parks & monuments make up 5 of the 8 places on the list. All of them lie outside Kennedy Meadows. Each year, some 1.4M people go to Sequoia National Park. Further afield, Mount Whitney is 41 mi from the centre.
Attractions nearby
20
within 60 miles
The big one
41 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 41 mi north
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where they are
The map stretches to Mount Whitney Trail, 40 mi away.
Orange: Kennedy Meadows. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Full list of places
All 20 on the list lie within 60 miles.
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.
10Red Rock Canyon State Park
California state park in Kern County featuring scenic desert cliffs, buttes, and spectacular rock formations.
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César E. Chávez National Monument
U.S. National Monument in Keene, Kern County, California.
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 Kennedy Meadows → · Kennedy Meadows’ history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
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 · Red Rock Canyon State Park: Jean trans h+, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Trona Pinnacles: Doug Dolde at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Rainbow Canyon: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Giant Sequoia National Monument: Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0 · Burro Schmidt Tunnel: Kurtis2014, CC BY-SA 3.0 · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · 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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