[1] There is another pass also named Mono less than 40 miles away in the Rock Creek/Little Lakes Valley area.

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.

When only Native Americans lived in the area, and for a time after, a major trading trail went over Mono Pass and through Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake, just to the east of the Yosemite area.

[2][3][4][5][6] Mono Pass is just outside of Yosemite National Park, The trailhead for the trail to the pass is on Tioga Road (CA hwy 120) 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of the entrance, inside the park.