Lake is a majestic body of water covering over 60 square miles. It is an ancient lake. Since Mono Lake has no outlet, the freshwater evaporating from the lake each year has left the salts behind so that the lake is now about two and a half times as salty and eighty times as alkaline as seawater. The Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center is a great place to start your visit to this area. The center is located just off U.S. Highway 395, about 25 miles south of Bridgeport and just north of the town of Lee Vining.
Campgrounds are available and naturalists lead walks throughout the year at the South Tufa Area.
For more information, contact the Scenic Area Visitor Center at 760.932.7380.