Crestview: US-395 : Obsidian Dome
Crestview occupies a high roadside corridor on the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California. U.S. Route 395 runs through this sparsely developed stretch of eastern California, where conifer woodland and open, sage-covered ground border a broad mountain highway. The locality stands south of the Mono Basin, whose defining feature is Mono Lake, a saline lake in a closed drainage basin. This is a landscape shaped by long-distance road travel rather than a compact town centre: traffic lanes, pull-offs and wide shoulders mark an important route between the Owens Valley and communities near the Nevada border. The eastern Sierra corridor has long connected mountain settlements with the Great Basin.
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Crestview lies on the western edge of Long Valley Caldera, where the Sierra Nevada meets a broad basin shaped by volcanic activity. This small Mono County community sits beside U.S. Route 395, a principal route through California’s Eastern Sierra. Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain are to the south, while the caldera’s volcanic and geothermal landscape defines the wider area. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of the Eastern Sierra.
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