Inyo National Forest · California

Mammoth Rock

2.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 70 ft of climbing · 650 ft of descent · 7,879 ft–8,498 ft · native material surface · trail No. 2725 · trail class 4 · typical grade 8-10% · tread 24-36 inches wide · hiking, bike

8,320 ft 7,946 ft · 1.7 mi high 8,320 ft

Trailhead Mammoth Rock Trailhead 8,501 ft Drive there

Mammoth Rock Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

2.5 miles

Intermediate

This trail follows an old jeep road, then turns to single-track, climbing up a forested slope before reaching a clearing caused by an avalanche in 1986. The trail then passes below Mammoth Rock, a massive limestone and marble monolith containing fossils estimated to be 250 million years old. Continue to the end of the trail, which intersects Old mammoth Road.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.