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Spots in Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra, photographed by the people who stood there.

In Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra, the map is overlooks, trailheads, and pull-offs — 30 real photos pinned where travelers actually stopped, clustered around Mammoth Lakes. Not business listings, not a recycled top-10: just where people pointed a camera.

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Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra on Photerra — the quick numbers: 30 real photo-spots, mapped where they were taken · most-photographed area: Mammoth Lakes (8 photos) · newest spot added May 2026.

Across Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra

30 photo spots
Snow-covered lodge with Black Velvet Coffee signage and parked Jeeps in a mountain resort parking area during winter. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Snow-covered lodge with Black Velvet Coffee signage and parked Jeeps in a mountain resort parking area during winter.Main Street
Snow-capped mountain range with sagebrush scrubland and scattered conifers viewed from an open valley floor. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Snow-capped mountain range with sagebrush scrubland and scattered conifers viewed from an open valley floor.Sunny Slopes
A climber ascending a snow and rock-covered peak using rope and safety equipment on a clear day in the Mammoth Lakes… — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
A climber ascending a snow and rock-covered peak using rope and safety equipment on a clear day in the Mammoth Lakes…Crystal Crag
Distinctive tufa towers rise from the shallow waters of Mono Lake, viewed from the shoreline on a clear day. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Distinctive tufa towers rise from the shallow waters of Mono Lake, viewed from the shoreline on a clear day.Lee Vining
Snow-covered mountains reflected in still water at Hilltop Hot Springs, with a lighthouse structure visible across the… — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Snow-covered mountains reflected in still water at Hilltop Hot Springs, with a lighthouse structure visible across the…
Snowboarder on a snowy alpine slope at Mammoth Mountain with jagged peaks and forested ridges visible in the background. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Snowboarder on a snowy alpine slope at Mammoth Mountain with jagged peaks and forested ridges visible in the background.
Alpine meadow with stream and rocky mountainside dotted with conifers under clear sky near Bishop, California. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Alpine meadow with stream and rocky mountainside dotted with conifers under clear sky near Bishop, California.Chocolate Lakes
Backcountry skiers and hikers ascending a snow-covered mountain slope with multiple figures visible across the terrain. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Backcountry skiers and hikers ascending a snow-covered mountain slope with multiple figures visible across the terrain.Glacier Lodge Road
Ski lift chairs ascending a snowy slope through coniferous forest at a mountain resort. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Ski lift chairs ascending a snowy slope through coniferous forest at a mountain resort.Mammoth Lakes
Woman bathing in a natural hot spring pool surrounded by coniferous forest and mountains in the Sierra Nevada. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Woman bathing in a natural hot spring pool surrounded by coniferous forest and mountains in the Sierra Nevada.Mono Hot Springs
Runner pauses on a rocky outcrop overlooking a alpine lake surrounded by coniferous forest in the Sierra Nevada. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Runner pauses on a rocky outcrop overlooking a alpine lake surrounded by coniferous forest in the Sierra Nevada.Heart Lake
Hikers crossing an alpine stream in a mountain valley with granite peaks and conifer forest in the background. — Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra
Hikers crossing an alpine stream in a mountain valley with granite peaks and conifer forest in the background.Lundy

What travelers shoot here: mountains · landscapes · hiking & trails · adventure sports.

One of only a couple reliable ice walls in the Eastern Sierra, this is where Yvon Chouinard developed the modern shape of ice tools tp allow climbing on steeper faces

— Bryce

Snowboarding above my skill level at Mammoth Mountain

— Kristen

Photo descriptions are written by a model from the photograph itself; the place names and coordinates are not.

On the map

Landmarks on the map in Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra.

From the landmarks everyone knows to the corners nobody thought to list — real places the community has pinned, each with the photograph the traveler actually took, and growing as more share them.

Bishop 2 spots37.3685, -118.3962 Heart Lake 2 spots37.5888, -118.9784 Mammoth Mountain 1 spot37.6308, -119.0326 Crystal Crag 1 spot37.5910, -119.0137 Hilltop Hot Springs 1 spot37.6640, -118.7894 Hot Spring 1 spot37.6640, -118.7894 Chocolate Lakes 1 spot37.1478, -118.5474 Big Pine Canyon 1 spot37.1302, -118.4110

Coordinates are where a traveler stood to take the photograph — the medoid of this place’s pins, at 4 decimals (~11 m). Not an official gazetteer position.

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Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra spots, the quick version.

How many spots does Photerra have in Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra?

30 and counting — each one a real photo pinned where it was taken. New spots appear as travelers share them.

Are these Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra spots on Google Maps?

Many aren't. Photerra's spots are photo-coordinates — viewpoints, benches, trailheads and corners with no business listing or address — so they don't show up on maps built from business directories.

How do I get to a spot with no address?

Open any spot in the Photerra app and tap once to launch Apple Maps, Google Maps, Uber or Lyft — we hand them the coordinates even when the place has no name.

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