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Devils Postpile National Monument

Three Rivers, CA

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Hot lava cooled and cracked some 900,000 years ago to form basalt columns 40 to 60 feet high resembling a giant pipe organ. The John Muir ... more on Epinions.com

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This monument has an amazing view. more on Epinions.com

Crowds can get large on summer weekends and holidays, and busses can break down, so don't expect to keep to a rigorous transportation schedule. more on Epinions.com

If you want to stretch your legs and spend a day outside amid the quiet and beautiful surroundings of a less visited park, go to Devils Postpile National Monument. more on Epinions.com

This is an excellent area to get a picture of the post piles especially at sunset when they are directly in the sun's setting rays. more on Epinions.com

The bus drivers are very knowledgeable and give you a great tour of the valley pointing out features of the valley that you might have otherwise missed. more on Epinions.com

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If you want to stretch your legs and spend a day outside amid the quiet and beautiful surroundings of a less visited park, go to Devils Postpile National Monument. The Devils Postpile itself is a large outcropping composed of huge ... more on Epinions.com

Devil's Post Pile is well worth a visit. Take Highway 203 from Mammoth Lakes. The drive is about 12 or 13 miles on a narrow one lane road at time. The hike is about 1/3 of a mile from the dirt parking lot. The easy to walk trail leads ... more on Epinions.com

Devils Postpiles is an incredible rare natural geologic phenomenon that you really have to see to truly appreciate. It is located just outside of Mammoth Ski Resort just outside of Mammoth California. This is in central California ... more on Epinions.com

This monument has an amazing view. Great location to spend the day. You can catch a Mammoth Mountain bus to the monument stop and from there it is a very short and mild hike. The ground level is fairly even. Situated in a very nice ... more on Epinions.com

I love camping. I also know that if I am to continue my pursuit of the great outdoors, I need to change my ways. I am perfectly content humping a pack into the remote wilds, living on berries, caught trout, and the occasional rattlesnake. ... more on Epinions.com