Mono Pass

Mono Pass
Mono Pass, winter, from the east
Elevation	3,230 m (10,597 ft)
Location	Yosemite National Park, border
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°51′19.2″N 119°12′47.9″W / 37.855333°N 119.213306°W / 37.855333; -119.213306

Mono Pass is a mountain pass, just outside Yosemite National Park, near the region of Tuolumne Meadows. Mono Pass is between Mount Gibbs and Mount Lewis.^[1]

There is another pass also named Mono less than 40 miles away in the Rock Creek/Little Lakes Valley area. Both Mono Passes are in the Inyo National Forest. The Mono Pass in the Rock Creek/Little Lakes Valley area is accessed by the Mosquito Flats Trailhead rather than the Mono Pass Trailhead in Yosemite National Park.

Mono Pass is on the Great Basin Divide, which demarcates the Great Basin. The latter is the largest area in North America from which waters don't drain towards an ocean. Tioga Pass, the east entrance to the national park on highway 120, 4.5 miles north-northwest, is likewise on the Great Basin Divide.