Crater Meadow

Crater Meadow: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Crater Meadow

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Crater Meadow — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.59145, -119.05495. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crater Meadow

• Twin Falls · waterfall · Mineral · ~3 km · Must-see
• Horseshoe Lake · lake · Mineral · ~5 km · Must-see
• Devils Postpile National Monument · sanctuary · Madera · ~5 km · Must-see
• Mammoth Mountain · viewpoint · Mono · ~6 km · Must-see
• Minaret Summit · viewpoint · Mono · ~9 km · Must-see
• Sharktooth Peak · viewpoint · Mineral · ~16 km · Must-see
• Ansel Adams Wilderness · sanctuary · Madera · ~16 km · Must-see
• Cabin Lake · lake · Mineral · ~17 km · Must-see
• Bloody Mountain · viewpoint · Mineral · ~17 km · Must-see
• Lake Virginia · lake · Mineral · ~17 km · Must-see
• San Joaquin Mountain · viewpoint · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see
• Ritter Pass · viewpoint · Mineral · ~19 km · Must-see
• Altha Lake · lake · Mineral · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Lone Indian · lake · Mineral · ~21 km · Must-see
• Nüümü Hu Hupi · lake · Esmeralda · ~22 km · Must-see
• Convict Lake · lake · Mono · ~22 km · Must-see
• Thousand Island Lake · lake · Madera · ~23 km · Must-see
• Thousand Island Lake · lake · Mineral · ~23 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Crater Meadow

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Crater Meadow

• Devils Postpile National Monument · sanctuary · Madera · ~5 km · Must-see
• Ansel Adams Wilderness · sanctuary · Madera · ~16 km · Must-see
• Kaiser Wilderness · sanctuary · Fresno · ~45 km · Must-see
• Dana Meadows · sanctuary · Tuolumne · ~49 km · Must-see
• Sierra National Forest · sanctuary · Fresno · ~51 km · Must-see
• Paoha Island · sanctuary · Mono · ~56 km · Must-see
• Dinkey Lakes Wilderness · sanctuary · Fresno · ~57 km · Must-see
• Harvey Monroe Hall Research Natural Area · sanctuary · Mono · ~57 km · Must-see
• Nelder Grove · sanctuary · Mineral · ~62 km · Must-see
• Nelder Grove Historical Area · sanctuary · Madera · ~63 km · Must-see

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