Shell Lake

Shell Lake is a lake in Mono County, California and has an elevation of 9,865 feet. Shell Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Bennettville, as well as near the locality Moraine Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tioga Peak and Tioga Lake.

Tioga Peak

Peak

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Tioga Peak is located in Mono County, California, approximately two miles outside of Yosemite National Park. It is situated in the Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Inyo National Forest.

Tioga Lake is a small glacial lake in the Inyo National Forest of Mono County, California, about two miles north of the Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite National Park. The lake bed is alongside State Route 120 in the Sierra Nevada of California.

Great Sierra Mine

Mine

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The Great Sierra Mine Historic Site, also known as Dana Village, preserves the site of the largest mining operation in what would later become Yosemite National Park in California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bennettville and Lundy.

Bennettville

Hamlet

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Bennettville is a former settlement and ghost town in Mono County, California, United States. It was located on Mine Creek, 4 mi east-southeast of Mount Conness.

Lundy

Hamlet

Lundy is a defunct community in Mono County, California, United States, located on Mill Creek in Lundy Canyon near the western end of Lundy Lake. It is situated at an elevation of 7858 feet. Lundy is situated 6 miles north of Shell Lake.

Shell Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in the Sierra Nevada of California
Category: body of water
Location: Mono County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.94034° or 37° 56′ 25″ north

Longitude

-119.26459° or 119° 15′ 53″ west

Elevation

9,865 feet (3,007 metres)

Open location code

8592WPRP+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 534611188

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5395128

Wikidata ID

Q123484491

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Satellite Map

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