Tulainyo Lake

Tulainyo Lake is a freshwater alpine lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California, and one of the highest and largest of the alpine lakes of the Sierra.

Photo: Penitentes, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Carillon and Tunnabora Peak.

Mount Carillon

Peak

Mount Carillon is a 13,559-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness.

Tunnabora Peak

Peak

Tunnabora Peak is a 13,563-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness.

Mount Russell

Peak

Photo: Will Beback, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Russell is a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California, about 0.8 miles north of Mount Whitney. Possessing an elevation of 14,094 feet, it is the seventh-highest peak in the state and one of California's twelve fourteeners.

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.

Tulainyo Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in California, United States of America
Category: body of water
Location: Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.59741° or 36° 35′ 51″ north

Longitude

-118.28013° or 118° 16′ 49″ west

Elevation

12,828 feet (3,910 metres)

Open location code

8583HPW9+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Tulainyo Lake” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Tulainyo Lake”
Russian: “Тулаиньо”
Spanish: “Lago Tulainyo”
“Tulainyo Lake”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cleaver Col and The Cleaver.

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