Upper Boy Scout Lake

Upper Boy Scout Lake is a lake in Inyo County, Desert, California and has an elevation of 11,339 feet. Upper Boy Scout Lake is situated nearby to the locality Bighorn Park, as well as near Whitney Portal Trailhead.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Whitney and Thor Peak.

Mount Whitney

Photo: Bureau of Land Management, CC BY 2.0.

Mount Whitney is in the Sierra Nevada range in California. At an elevation of 14,505 ft above sea level, it is the highest point in the contiguous United States.

Thor Peak

Peak

Thor Peak is a 12,306-foot-elevation mountain summit located east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on land managed by Inyo National Forest.

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.

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.

Upper Boy Scout Lake

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

36.58194° or 36° 34′ 55″ north

Longitude

-118.27352° or 118° 16′ 25″ west

Elevation

11,339 feet (3,456 metres)

Open location code

8583HPJG+QH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41347230

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5404959

Wikidata ID

Q123573419

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Satellite Map

Discover Upper Boy Scout Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bighorn Park and Whitney Portal Trailhead.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Frog Pond and Pinnacle Pass.

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