The small town of Lee Vining is located about 23 miles north of Mammoth on U.S. Highway 395 along the southwest shore of Mono Lake and near the foot of Lee Vining Canyon.

Lee Vining is a “Gateway Community” to the granite and meadow splendor that is Yosemite National Park. The community lies at the intersection of State Route 120, the Tioga Pass Road, and U.S. 395.

Tioga Pass Road begins just outside of Lee Vining and takes travelers over 9,943-foot Tioga Pass and into Yosemite and Yosemite Valley.

Lee Vining Canyon, located thousands of stomach-dropping feet below the road, is one of only two ice climbing venues in California and home to some of the county’s best trout fishing in Lee Vining Creek.

The economy of Lee Vining relies largely on tourism, since it is the closest town to the east entrance of Yosemite National Park. But that is just the beginning of what Lee Vining has to offer.

Right below Lee Vining, Mono Lake, with its picturesque and otherworldly tufa formations, dominates the view. Lee Vining Creek roars out of the high Sierra peaks above town and tumbles down the rocky hillside to empty into Mono Lake just a few miles from town.

A former mining town called Bodie is one of the world’s best-preserved ghost towns and Bodie State Historic Park is only about 45 minutes away from Lee Vining.

The ski resorts of June Mountain and Mammoth Mountain are both under an hour’s drive from Lee Vining.

Gigabit speed broadband and a spirit of entrepreneurship are triggering new growth and new opportunities in Lee Vining.

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Emergency
Mono County Paramedic Station 2
2380 Hwy 158
June Lake, CA 93529
(760) 648-7234
24-Hour Station: (760) 648-7234

Fire
Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department
55 Mattly Avenue
Lee Vining, CA 93541
(760) 647-6400

Medical
Mammoth Hospital
85 Sierra Park Road
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-934-3311
http://www.mammothhospital.com

Education
Lee Vining High School
51710 US Highway 395,
Lee Vining, CA 93541
(760) 647-6366
http://www.esusd.org

Lee Vining Elementary School
132 Lee Vining Ave.
Lee Vining, CA 93541-0270
(760) 647-6460
http://www.esusd.org

Utilities
Southern California Edison
(800) 655-4555
http://www.sce.com

June Lake Public Utilities District
PO Box 99
(760) 648-7778

Phone
Verizon: (800) 922-0204, http://www.verizon.com
AT&T: (800) 331-0500, http://www.att.com
Frontier Communications: 800-921-8101, http://www.frontier.com

Broadband

Schat.net: (760) 873-4377http://www.schat.net
Suddenlink: (760) 934-8553, www.suddenlink.com

Transit
Eastern Sierra Transit Authority/ESTA
703 Airport Rd
Bishop, CA 93515
(760) 872-1901 or (800) 922-1930
http://www.estransit.com

The CREST Bus runs several days a week between Reno, Nevada and Lancaster, California along U.S. Highway 395. The bus can make stops in all communities along this route.

Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System/YARTS

The YARTS bus can take residents and visitors into Yosemite National Park to and from Mammoth Lakes, June Lake and Lee Vining during the summer and fall season. Riders can either stay in the park or return back again in the same day.
YARTS: (877) 989-2787, http://www.yarts.com

Airport
Lee Vining Airport
650 Airport Road
Lee Vining, CA 93541
(760) 932-5440

Mammoth Yosemite Airport
1300 Airport Rd
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 934-3813
http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=98
or
www.visitmammoth.com/fly-mammoth-lakes

Library
Lee Vining Mono County Library
90 West Granite Ave.
(760) 648-7284
http://www.monocolibraries.org/branches/lee-vining

Chamber of Commerce
Lee Vining Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 130
(760) 647-6629
www.leevining.com