Summit Lake

Summit Lake is a lake in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 10,627 feet.

Type: Body of water
Description: lake of Yosemite National Park, in California
Also known as: “Castle Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mono Pass and Mount Gibbs.

Mono Pass

Mountain saddle

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Mono Pass is a mountain pass, just outside Yosemite National Park, near the region of Tuolumne Meadows. Mono Pass is between Mount Gibbs and Mount Lewis.

Mount Gibbs is located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, 2.6 miles south of Mount Dana. The mountain was named in honor of Oliver Gibbs, a professor at Harvard University and friend of Josiah Whitney. Mount Gibbs is situated 1½ miles north of Summit Lake.

Mount Lewis

Peak

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Mount Lewis is a 12,350-foot-elevation mountain summit located along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. Mount Lewis is situated 1½ miles southeast of Summit Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bennettville.

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. Bennettville is situated 6 miles northwest of Summit Lake.

Summit Lake

Category: lake
Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.8552° or 37° 51′ 19″ north

Longitude

-119.21514° or 119° 12′ 55″ west

Elevation

10,627 feet (3,239 metres)

Open location code

8592VQ4M+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31032386

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5399840

Wikidata ID

Q27699390

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Satellite Map

Discover Summit Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Summit Lake” goes by many names.

French: “lac Summit”
French: “Lac Summit”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Moraine Flat and Tuolumne Meadows.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Upper Sardine Lake and Ghost Cabin.

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