Mount Whitney (14,464 feet), Whitney Portal, and the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine. Whitney straddles Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Park and is accessible along two routes from the western trailhead at Whitney Portal.  

June Lake, a year-round recreation area in Inyo National Forest  

Tufa formations at Mono Lake State Tufa Reserve. These calcium-carbonate spires are formed by the interaction between water from freshwater springs and Mono's alkaline lake water.  

Ghost town at Bodie State Historic Park. This was a Gold Rush-era boomtown in the late 19th century, housing almost 10,000 people at its height.  

Aspen trees in autumn in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, which straddles the California-Nevada line.  

Fisherman in boat on Lower Twin Lake near Bridgeport, a popular alpine resort area each summer  

Canoeing on Lake Mary in the Mammoth Lakes Basin area of the Eastern Sierras  

Convict Lake in the Inyo National Forest after an early winter snowstorm. Nearby, 3,500-acre Mammoth Mountain offers excellent skiing and snowboarding on 150 trails.  

Mount Morrison (12,268 feet), part of the Sherwin Range in the John Muir Wilderness  

Columnar basalt rock at Devils Postpile National Monument near Mammoth in California's Eastern Sierras