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Mammoth Mountain
- Prominence
- 520 m1,707 ft
- Isolation
- 6.3 km
- Tonight
- 22°FCloudy · Wind 15–25 mph NE
Mammoth Mountain is a 3,371 m (11,060 ft) lava dome in the Sierra Nevada, California, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,371 m · 11,060 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- San Joaquin Mountain (3,526 m)
- Range
- Sierra Nevada
- Region
- California, United States
- Protected area
- Inyo National Forest
- Coordinates
- 37.6307° N, 119.0325° W
Mammoth Mountain 3D map
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Mammoth Mountain topographic map
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mammoth Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Mammoth Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 2.3 km NNW of Mammoth Mountain
- Distance
- 5.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +539 m(1,768 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
The mapped trail ends 100 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mammoth Mountain weather
Today · Partly cloudy · 22 / 33°F (-6 / 1°C) · 11% chance of precipitation · Wind 15 mph NE
Mammoth Mountain forecast for the summit, about 3,009 m.
- Today22°33°11%15 mph NE
- Sat25°40°–10–20 mph NE
- Sun29°45°–5–10 mph SW
- Mon27°43°–10–25 mph SW
- Tue29°46°–5–15 mph SW
- Wed29°44°3%5–10 mph SW
- Thu28°41°10%5–10 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mammoth Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mammoth Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Red Cones Trailhead
Nearest parking
2.2 km SSE
Nearest campsite
Lower Falls Tract
Nearest caravan site
Mammoth Mountain RV Park
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Red Cones TrailheadTrailhead | 2.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 2.3 km SSE |
| Lower Falls TractCampsite | 2.4 km SE |
| Tamarack LodgeCampsite | 2.6 km ESE |
| Twin Lakes CampgroundCampsite | 2.6 km SE |
| Deer Lakes TrailheadTrailhead | 3.6 km SSE |
| Mammoth Rock TrailheadTrailhead | 3.7 km ESE |
| Mammoth Mountain RV ParkCaravan site | 6.7 km ENE |
How steep is the route to Mammoth Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 5.4 km from 2,721 m to 3,265 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°5.4 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 345 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain hemlock75
- Lodgepole pine57
- Fireweed51
- American Coot39
- Douglas's Squirrel33
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel33
Where Mammoth Mountain sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
- Protected area
- Inyo National Forest5
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake Mary↑4.1 km SE
Convict Lake2,393 m↑16 km ESE
Thousand Island Lake2,997 m↑17 km NW
June Lake2,323 m↑18 km NNW
Donohue Pass3,373 m↑24 km NW
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,370 m at the summit; the official height is 3,371 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,371 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,371 m | -0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,370 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,367 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,356 m | -15 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia