Whitmore Hot Springs

Whitmore Hot Springs sits in the Long Valley Caldera of eastern California, where geothermal terrain meets the eastern Sierra Nevada. Close to Mammoth Lakes, this small locality takes its name from thermal springs and belongs to one of the United States’ most closely studied volcanic areas. Long Valley was formed by a major eruption about 760,000 years ago, and its broad basin still contains volcanic domes, hot-water features and other signs of geothermal activity. Across Mono County, pine-covered mountain slopes soon give way to sagebrush flats, placing Whitmore Hot Springs within a distinctly volcanic borderland between the Sierra and the Great Basin. Move on to other webcams in eastern California to compare landscapes and settings around Long Valley.

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