Swamp Lake
Swamp Lake is a lake in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 5,026 feet.Places of Interest
Highlights include O’Shaughnessy Dam and Frog Creek Cabin.
O’Shaughnessy Dam
Dam
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O'Shaughnessy Dam is a 430-foot-high concrete arch-gravity dam in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It impounds the Tuolumne River, forming the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at the lower end of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, about 160 miles east of San Francisco. O’Shaughnessy Dam is situated 2½ miles east of Swamp Lake.
Frog Creek Cabin
Cabin
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The Frog Creek Cabin, in Yosemite National Park, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a one-story frame cabin, about 14 by 28 feet in plan, with a small screened porch, about 13 by 4 feet extending. Frog Creek Cabin is situated 2½ miles north of Swamp Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mather.
Mather
Hamlet
Mather is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Mather is 33 miles west of Tioga Pass. The community is named after Stephen Tyng Mather, who directed the National Park Service from 1917 to 1929. Mather is situated 5 miles south of Swamp Lake.
Swamp Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake of Yosemite National Park, in California
- Category: lake
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.95024° or 37° 57′ 1″ northLongitude
-119.82954° or 119° 49′ 46″ westElevation
5,026 feet (1,532 metres)Open location code
8592X52C+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 30578660OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Swamp Lake” goes by many names.
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Highlights include Gravel Pit Lake and Hetch Hetchy Backpackers‘ Campground.
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