How far is Mammoth Lakes from Yosemite National Park? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.
Nonstop drive: 67 miles or 108 km
Driving time: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.
Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Yosemite National Park and Mammoth Lakes, California. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.
Flight distance: 36 miles or 57 km
Flight time: 34 minutes
The straight line flight distance is 31 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.9x of the flight distance.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/3th of the time it would take to drive.
This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination.
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Mammoth Lakes, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.
Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.
Road trip: 2 days of driving
With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.
Travel time: 43.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight
Itinerary
Start at Yosemite National Park.
Drive for about 2 hours, then stop in Sonora (California) and stay for about 1 hour.
Next, drive for another 39 minutes then stop in Pinecrest (California) and stay for 1 hour.
Drive for 53 minutes then stop in Coleville. Stay overnight.
The next day, drive for about 38.5 hours, then stop in Bodie and stay overnight.
Finally, drive for about 1.5 hours and arrive in Mammoth Lakes.
To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:
Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Mammoth Lakes, California. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Mammoth Lakes. Trippy has an entire Q&A community where you can post questions and get answers from expert travelers or locals who know the area. For instance, you might be interested in the answers to this question: What to do and see in 4 days late May?. If you're looking for a place to stay, you might want to check out Convict Lake Resort. A great place to eat might be Burgers Restaurant. Trippy members can suggest things to do in Mammoth Lakes like Petra's Cafe. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Mammoth Lakes like Things to do on road trip from San Luis Obispo to Mammoth Lake. Click the button below to explore Mammoth Lakes in detail.
The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Mammoth Lakes to Yosemite National Park, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.
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