Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Mesa
Leave Mesa for Death Valley National Park, 33 mi away
Of the 12 places to visit in and around Mesa, 7 are parks & monuments. Mesa itself has none of them. A typical year brings about 1.3M visitors to Death Valley National Park. Go 60 mi out for Mount Whitney.
Attractions nearby
24
within 60 miles
The big one
60 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
6
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Mammoth Mountain
Big draws
5
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Mountain · 60 mi south
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The places, mapped
The map ends at Ansel Adams Wilderness, 40 mi out.
Orange: Mesa. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Best known first
These 24 are all within 60 miles.
2Yosemite National Park
National park in California, United States.
3Sequoia National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S..
4
5Death Valley National Park
National park in California and Nevada in the United States.
6
7Manzanar National Historic Site
World War II Japanese-American internment camp in California.
8Kings Canyon National Park
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
9Mammoth Mountain
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California, home to a ski resort.
10Devils Postpile National Monument
National monument in California, USA.
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13Inyo National Forest
National forest in California and Nevada, United States.
14
Mariposa Grove Museum
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Sierra Point
Point in Yosemite National Park at the eastern end of the valley.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Mesa → · Mesa’s 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 · Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · Half Dome: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Death Valley National Park: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mono Lake: File:Mono lake sat.jpg: created by NASA Rotation and crop: Hike395, Public domain · Manzanar National Historic Site: Dorothea Lange, Public domain · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Mammoth Mountain: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Devils Postpile National Monument: Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 · White Mountain Peak: JonathanLamb (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Convict Lake: The original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia., CC BY 1.0 · Inyo National Forest: Cullen328, CC BY 3.0 · Ansel Adams Wilderness: Hike395 (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0 · Sierra National Forest: Smack (talk · contribs), Public domain · John Muir Wilderness: Miguel.v, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vernal Fall: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nevada Fall: self, Public domain · June Mountain: Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Olmsted Point: Eeekster, CC BY 3.0 · Eastern California Museum: Liambruckercasey, CC0 · Mariposa Grove Museum: Kevin R Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sierra Point: Wingchi Poon, CC BY-SA 3.0
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