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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Reservoir
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. 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 west 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″ northLongitude
-119.26459° or 119° 15′ 53″ westElevation
9,865 feet (3,007 metres)Open location code
8592WPRP+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 534611188OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5395128Wikidata ID
Q123484491
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