Upper Gaylor Lake

Upper Gaylor Lake is a lake in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 10,512 feet. Upper Gaylor Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Bennettville, as well as near the locality Moraine Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaylor Peak and Great Sierra Mine.

Gaylor Peak

Peak

Gaylor Peak is an 11,004-foot mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. The peak is positioned on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Inyo National Forest, and it also lies on the border between Mono County and Tuolumne County.

Great Sierra Mine

Mine

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Tioga Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bennettville.

Bennettville

Hamlet

Photo: Utilizer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Upper Gaylor Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake of the United States of America
Category: body of water
Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.92262° or 37° 55′ 21″ north

Longitude

-119.26728° or 119° 16′ 2″ west

Elevation

10,512 feet (3,204 metres)

Open location code

8592WPFM+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29708530

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5405002

Wikidata ID

Q49314511

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Upper Gaylor Lake” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Upper Gaylor Lake”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Moraine Flat and Tuolumne Meadows.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Granite Lakes and Tioga Lake Overlook.

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