Cardinal Lake, Central Sierra Nevada, Fresno County, California

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     Cardinal Lake is a beautiful lake in the Central Sierra Nevada. Don't leave Cardinal Lake without first going for a hike along the John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section; if you're here, you could also check out wonderful Tinemaha Lake. For the duration of the summer, highs mostly are in the 90's at Cardinal Lake, and the nighttime is somewhat colder of course, commonly in the 50's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 50's with winter lows in the  
   20's overnight here at Cardinal Lake.
Just can't get enough of Cardinal Lake. There's so much to do here at Cardinal Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Sage Flat Campground is a glorious spot for that, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Cardinal Lake; Pacific Crest Trail - section 11 is a fine local trail. You clearly must like the Central Sierra Nevada. Near Cardinal Lake you hit upon Taboose Pass which is a wonderful place to pop by.
 
               You'll need more than a day to explore everything Cardinal Lake has to offer, you can camp at Birch Campground. Cardinal Lake is pretty arid typically; throughout the month of January you get the most rain around here, and the driest of the months is June.
After a long day outdoors Days Inn Bishop is a great spot to spend a night or two; the peak of Cardinal Mountain can be observed from Cardinal Lake. These mountains rock, just look at all the enjoyable things to do in the Central Sierra Nevada. Super 8 Bishop is a good site to get some rest; do have a look at Red Lake, it's a wonderful lake. This lake is so wonderful. Good hiking is available along the Kings River Trail, and do set aside some time for Upper Basin if you're here at Cardinal Lake.
This lake is so wonderful.

 
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20 miles away
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20 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Cardinal Lake, Central Sierra Nevada, Fresno County, California
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Local climate location: BISHOP WSO AP 18 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 36.99944
Longitude: -118.4294

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 Hotels Near Cardinal Lake:
Super 8 Bishop, Bishop, 20 miles away
Days Inn Bishop, Bishop, 20 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn/Bishop, Bishop, 20 miles away
Thunderbird Motel, Bishop, 20 miles away
Ramada Limited Bishop, Bishop, 20 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Cardinal Lake:
Birch Campground, Inyo County, 7 miles away
Sage Flat Campground, Inyo County, 7 miles away
First Falls Campground, Inyo County, 7 miles away
Second Falls Campground, Inyo County, 7 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Cardinal Lake:
John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section, County, 7 miles away
      142.1 hiking miles, 7476 feet elevation difference
Kings River Trail, Inyo County, 10 miles away
       14.4 hiking miles, 2759 feet elevation difference
Pacific Crest Trail - section 11, County, 12 miles away
      264.9 hiking miles, 9028 feet elevation difference
 National Parks Near Cardinal Lake:
Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes - CA, 38 miles away
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers - CA, 44 miles away
 Lakes Near Cardinal Lake:
Red Lake, Inyo CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Tinemaha Lake, Inyo CountyCounty, 3 miles away

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John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section
Roundtrip Distance 14.8 miles
Elevation Gain 3,149 ft. ...

Taboose Creek Campground
11 miles away
Taboose creek campground is an Inyo County opperated campground. There are no hook ups, not space designations. Its kinda ''circle the wagons'' type camping. There are vault type toilets and a hand pump on a well for obtaining potable water. ...

Aberdeen Resort
12 miles away
...ed in the heart of the Owens Valley. We are 30 miles north of Lone Pine, and 30 miles south of Bishop. 13 miles north of Independence, and 13 miles south of Big Pine. Aberdeen is 1 mile to the West of highway 395 at the intersection of Goodale Rd. and Tinemaha rd. A quiet and peaceful place. Aberdeen is a manufactured home, and RV resort There is a store and seasonal cafe with limited hours. Store has RV supplies, groceries, fishing tackle, beer, sodas, and ICE available. We also offer free WiFi access at the store, also on site coin-op laundry facility. Goodale creek flows through the resort. We also have an RV sales office offering Cavco brand Park model cabins for sale. Many spaces available, also spaces on the creek. The mountain view is spectacular. We are located between Taboose and Saw Mill Trail heads. Aberdeen is also in the winter range for the mule deer heard that comes out of Kings Canyon National Park. There are a number of activities available right out of Aberdeen, fishing, hunting, hiking, biking, prospecting, or rock hounding with many dirt roads, and trails that one...

Pacific Crest Trail - section 11
12 miles away
Roundtrip Distance 6 miles
Elevation Gain 2,946 ft. ...

Fort Independence Campground
16 miles away
The Tribal campground located on the Fort Independence Indian Reservation offers a great location and value for Rv and tenters alike, full hookups, showers, dump station....

Sabrina Campground
17 miles away
I have such fond memories of family trips to Sabrina and camping just up from the lake on the stream side. Don't know what the campground name was or even if it had a name back in thoes days. It was every summer in 1960's. First went there when I was a baby. My parents packed back in several times. Anyway, my Dad died a few months ago and he always said he wanted to go back before he died. I like to think that he is there somewhere fishing that stream by the campground that we all loved so much. Fond Fond memories....

Lake Sabrina
17 miles away
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Big Trees Campground
17 miles away
The only way to drop a kayak in Kings river is a very long drive (maybe 4-5 hours) to the west side or the range, or lugging it through the wilderness (over the spine). I think I would have to give a gold medal to anyone who would lug a kayak from Big Trees to Kings river. Just a heads-up....

North Lake Campground
18 miles away
I have never seen it in the 90's in summer (way to high for those temps), and I am sure it is a heck of lot colder than 50's in the winter...

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
44 miles away
Kings Canyon has this great cave you can go into with all kinds of cool formations....

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