Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
Attractions near Ponderosa
A day out from Ponderosa: Mount Whitney, 35 mi away
Most of what there is to see is parks & monuments: 5 of 9. None of them is inside Ponderosa itself. Visits to Sequoia National Park run to about 1.4M a year. Beyond the town, Death Valley National Park sits 54 mi away.
Attractions nearby
21
within 60 miles
The big one
35 mi
Mount Whitney
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
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Mountain · 35 mi north
Mount Whitney
Highest mountain in California and the contiguous United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The lie of the land
Furthest out is Owens Lake, at 40 mi.
Orange: Ponderosa. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Each place in turn
21 places make the list, every one 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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Visalia Fox Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Visalia, California, United States.
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 Ponderosa → · Ponderosa’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 · 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 · Rainbow Canyon: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, 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 · Kern County Museum: (WT-de) Mistoffeles, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Visalia Fox Theatre: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 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 · Bakersfield Museum of Art: Skyman9999. Skyman9999, CC0
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