Bass Lake
Bass Lake, formerly known as Crane Valley Reservoir, is a man-made lake located in Madera County, California, within the Sierra National Forest, approximately 14 miles south of Yosemite National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
The Pines Resort
Hotel
The Pines Resort is a lakeside hotel and resort on the north shore of Bass Lake in Madera County, California, within the Sierra National Forest. Established in 1901, it has served as a tourist destination for visitors to the Sierra Nevada and as a stopover for travelers to Yosemite National Park.
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 5417 feet. From 1923 until the early 1930s, Central Camp was the base camp for the Sugar Pine Lumber Company, one of California's largest operations 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
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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
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bass Lake”. Photo: Guywelch2000, Public domain.