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The June Lake Loop is situated against the west rim of the Great Basin and Range Province, abutting the steep eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada.Rush Creek originates from an alpine watershed just north of the headwaters of the San Joaquin River, and south of the Tuolumne River, then flows northeast, becoming the major tributary to Mono Lake.
It is one of the four lakes (June Lake, Gull Lake, Silver Lake & Grant Lake) inside the June Lake Loop. It is located about 5 mi (8.0 km) south of the southern end of Mono Lake following U.S. Route 395 and then 2 mi (3.2 km) west on State Route 158.
Mono County (/ ˈ m oʊ n oʊ / MOH-noh) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,195, [6] making it the fourth-least populous county in California.
SR 158 from 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of June Lake to the northern junction with U.S. Highway 395 is closed during winters, typically from mid-December through mid-April. [ 2 ] SR 158 is not part of the National Highway System , [ 3 ] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the ...
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]
List of California ski resorts is a list of ski resorts in California, ... June Mountain: June Lake: 10,090 7,545 2,590 500 35 7 ... Big Bear Lake: 8,805 7,104 1,665 ...
California State Route 120 climbs west from Lee Vining 12 miles (19 km) to the top of Tioga Pass, the east entrance to Yosemite National Park. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Lee Vining CDP covers an area of 5.2 square miles (13 km 2 ), 99.95% of it land and 0.05% of it water.
Carson Peak is a 10,908-foot-elevation (3,325-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. [3] It is situated in the Ansel Adams Wilderness , on land managed by Inyo National Forest .