Whitney Portal Picnic Area
Whitney Portal Picnic Area is a picnic site in Inyo County, Desert, California and has an elevation of 8,340 feet. Whitney Portal Picnic Area is situated nearby to Thor Peak, as well as near Lone Pine Peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thor Peak and Lone Pine Peak.
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.
Lone Pine Peak
Peak
Photo: usfsregion5, CC BY 2.0.
Lone Pine Peak is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range just west of the town of Lone Pine, California in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. Lone Pine Peak is situated 2 miles southeast of Whitney Portal Picnic Area.
Tulainyo Lake
Lake
Photo: Penitentes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Tulainyo Lake is situated 2½ miles west of Whitney Portal Picnic Area.
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.
Whitney Portal Picnic Area
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: Inyo County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.58615° or 36° 35′ 10″ northLongitude
-118.24141° or 118° 14′ 29″ westElevation
8,340 feet (2,542 metres)Open location code
8583HQP5+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7624323476OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=picnic_siteGeoNames ID
5409014
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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