Mono Mills | |
Pushpin Map: | California#USA |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Coordinates: | 37.8875°N -118.9594°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mono County |
Elevation M: | 2242 |
Elevation Ft: | 7356 |
Mono Mills (also, Mono) is a ghost town in Mono County, California. It is located 9.5miles east-southeast of Lee Vining, at an elevation of 7356 feet (2242 m). Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, 9.1miles east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.
Mono Mills started as a lumber camp that supplied Bodie's mines. The first sawmill was built in 1880. In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad, Bodie & Benton Railway, was built from Mono Mills to Bodie. At its peak, Mono Mills shipped almost 45,000 cords of wood per year.