Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Parks & monuments make up 3 of the 5 places on the list. None of them is inside Pine Flat itself. A typical year brings about 1.4M visitors to Sequoia National Park. Mount Whitney lies 52 mi out, the pick for a day trip.

Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
At the edge of the map sits Kern County Museum, 40 mi out.
Orange: Pine Flat. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
21 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, U.S..
National park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA.
Place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Hiking trail to the summit of Mount Whitney in California, United States.
California state park in Kern County featuring scenic desert cliffs, buttes, and spectacular rock formations.
U.S. National Monument in Keene, Kern County, California.
Theater and former movie theater in Visalia, California, United States.
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 Pine Flat →
Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Giant Sequoia National Monument: Jason Hickey, CC BY 2.0 · Dignity Health Arena: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Burro Schmidt Tunnel: Kurtis2014, CC BY-SA 3.0 · César E. Chávez National Monument: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Visalia Fox Theatre: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Giant Forest Museum: David Fulmer, CC BY 2.0 · ESMoA: Teamone Esmoa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0