Ghost town · California
Dog Town
Dog Town is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,156 m. Excelsior Mountain stands 3,791 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bodie Monument, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 18 miles off.
ghost town in Mono County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates38.17030, -119.19800
- 18.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 18 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 22 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Biedeman: 7.2 mi
- Potato Peak: 7.5 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Crater Crest: 8.3 mi
- Dunderberg Peak: 8.4 mi
Springs: 33
- The Hot Springs: 3.8 mi
- The Hot Springs: 3.9 mi
- The Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 4.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 19
- Little Bodie Monument: 1.5 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 8.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 8.7 mi
- Machinery: 10.3 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Horsetail Falls: 10.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.7 mi
- White Cascade: 21.7 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 21.8 mi
- LeConte Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- Dunderberg Mill: 5.4 mi
- Bodie: 10.5 mi
- Masonic: 14.1 mi
- Bennettville: 16.4 mi
- Aurora: 18.2 mi
Parks: 6
- Bodie State Historic Park: 10.6 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 11.1 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 15.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 17.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 4
- Travertine Hot Spring: 5.2 mi
- Upside-Down House: 15.2 mi
- South Tufa Area: 18.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 18.6 mi
Museums: 4
- Old Mono County Jail: 6.2 mi
- Mono County Museum: 6.2 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Locomotive Point: 8.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Dore Cliff: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 3
- Danburg Beach: 11.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 18.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
Hot springs: 2
- Fales Hot Spring: 16.6 mi
- Warm Springs: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- The Elbow: 19.9 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Dog Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Mountain | SSW 210° | 3,791 m | 11.6 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | SSW 210° | 3,774 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Warren | S 186° | 3,758 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 236° | 3,756 m | 10.6 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WSW 242° | 3,749.3 m | 11.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | SW 235° | 3,731 m | 10.4 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 206° | 3,728 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Dragtooth | WSW 244° | 3,695.4 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 15 mi
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