Bass Lake
Bass Lake, formerly known as Crane Valley Reservoir, is a reservoir in Madera County, California, within the Sierra National Forest. It lies on North Fork Willow Creek, a tributary of the San Joaquin River, approximately 14 miles south of Yosemite National Park.Photo: Guywelch2000, Public domain.
Photo: Guywelch2000, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: Lake
- Also known as: “Crane Valley Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Pines Resort and Goat Mountain.
The Pines Resort
Hotel
The Pines Resort is a lakeside resort on the north shore of Bass Lake in Madera County, California. Established in 1901 by William Day and William Haskell, it was among the earliest resorts developed in the Crane Valley area.
Goat Mountain
Peak
Photo: Guywelch2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Goat Mountain is a mountain in Madera County, California, in the Sierra National Forest on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Its summit has an elevation of approximately 4,967 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bass Lake and Central Camp.
Bass Lake
Village
Photo: Guywelch2000, Public domain.
Madera County is in California. The western half of the county is in the San Joaquin Valley, the eastern half extends across the Gold Country into the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Central Camp
Hamlet
Central Camp is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 3 miles west of Shuteye Peak, at an elevation of 5,417 feet. From 1923 until the early 1930s, Central Camp served as the mountain base of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company, one of the largest lumber operations in California at the time.
Yosemite Forks
Hamlet
Yosemite Forks is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 18 miles northeast of Raymond, at an elevation of 2,907 feet. The road forks at the place: one continues to Yosemite Valley, the other to Bass Lake. Yosemite Forks is situated 6 miles northwest of Bass Lake.
Bass Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.31087° or 37° 18′ 39″ northLongitude
-119.55119° or 119° 33′ 4″ westElevation
3,369 feet (1,027 metres)Open location code
85928C6X+8GOpenStreetMap ID
way 36747721OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5326417Wikidata ID
Q4867936
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Satellite Map
Discover Bass Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Bass Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bass Lake (tubiganan sa Estados Unidos, California, Madera County, lat 37,31, long -119,55)”
- Cebuano: “Bass Lake”
- Chinese: “巴斯湖”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Bass (California)”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Bass”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Pines and Bass Lake Annex.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lakeside Day Use Area Ampitheatre and Bass Lake Boat Rentals.
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