Hitchcock Lakes
Hitchcock Lakes is a lake in Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 11,621 feet. Hitchcock Lakes is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Guyot Flat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: group of lakes in Sequoia National Park
- Also known as: “Lower Hitchcock Lake” and “Twin Lakes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hitchcock and Mount Muir.
Mount Hitchcock
Peak
Mount Hitchcock is a 13,186-foot-elevation mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is two miles south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.3 miles southwest of Mount Muir, and 1.1 miles west of Trail Crest.
Mount Muir
Peak
Photo: Poppy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles south of Mount Whitney. This 14,018-foot peak is named in honor of John Muir, a geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club.
Trail Crest
Mountain saddle
Photo: Sanjoy Ghosh, CC BY 2.0.
Trail Crest is a mountain trail pass on the Mount Whitney Trail that crosses the Sierra Crest. East of the pass are 97 switchbacks leading down to Trail Camp in Inyo National Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitney Portal.
Whitney Portal
Hamlet
Photo: MostlyDeserts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitney Portal is the end of the Whitney Portal road in Inyo County, California, 13.7 miles west of Lone Pine at an elevation of 8,374 feet. Whitney Portal is the gateway to Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States; it is the trailhead for the Mount Whitney Trail. Whitney Portal is situated 5 miles east of Hitchcock Lakes.
Hitchcock Lakes
- Categories: group of lakes and body of water
- Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.56155° or 36° 33′ 42″ northLongitude
-118.31259° or 118° 18′ 45″ westElevation
11,621 feet (3,542 metres)Open location code
8583HM6P+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 75130370OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5357253Wikidata ID
Q35707715
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hitchcock Lakes” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hitchcock Lakes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Guyot Flat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Upper Hitchcock Lake and Guitar Lake.
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