Summit Lake, Central Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California

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     And that's not all you can do here at Summit Lake. Do pop by Fourth Lake near Summit Lake, it's a pretty lake, and Devils Postpile National Monument is a good place close by. Summit Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, First Falls Campground is a great local campground, and since you're here, you could also take a look at pretty Black Lake.
Yep, outdoors entertaining stuff truly is bountiful here in the Central Sierra Nevada. Contact Pass is
 
   a great site to explore nearby, and whitewater paddling is magnificent on Kings River - Middle Fork. This lake is located in the wonderful Central Sierra Nevada. Sam Mack Meadow is a good place here at Summit Lake, and on a nice day you can take a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail - section 11.
Summertime brings highs in the 90's to Summit Lake with night lows in the 50's. For the duration of the winter the highs are generally in the 50's, and nighttime
 
               lows in the 20's for Summit Lake. Summit Lake is regularly a quite dried up spot; the month with most of the rain is January while June is the month with the least amount of precipitation. There's no way somebody can get bored here in the Central Sierra Nevada. If you need a spot to stay Days Inn Bishop is a tremendous choice, and the top of Mount Gayley is easily made out from Summit Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. If you came to camp Second Falls Campground is a good place to do that, and going for a hike along the Kings River Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this area. This lake is so wonderful. Super 8 Bishop is a nice place to get some rest, and if the weather is great, you can go for a hike along the John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section.

 
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14 miles away
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14 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Summit Lake, Central Sierra Nevada, Inyo County, California
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Local climate location: BISHOP WSO AP 19 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 37.13417
Longitude: -118.4992

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These outdoors activities are available near Summit Lake.
 Hotels Near Summit Lake:
Days Inn Bishop, Bishop, 14 miles away
Super 8 Bishop, Bishop, 14 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn/Bishop, Bishop, 14 miles away
Thunderbird Motel, Bishop, 15 miles away
La Quinta Inn Bishop Mammoth Lakes, Bishop, 15 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Summit Lake:
Second Falls Campground, Inyo County, 4 miles away
First Falls Campground, Inyo County, 4 miles away
Birch Campground, Inyo County, 4 miles away
Sage Flat Campground, Inyo County, 5 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Summit Lake:
Kings River Trail, Inyo County, 2 miles away
       14.4 hiking miles, 2759 feet elevation difference
John Muir Trail - Pacific Crest Section, County, 3 miles away
      142.1 hiking miles, 7476 feet elevation difference
Pacific Crest Trail - section 11, County, 19 miles away
      264.9 hiking miles, 9028 feet elevation difference
 Whitewater Near Summit Lake:
Kings River - Middle Fork, Fresno CountyCounty, 19 miles away
      Class V+ - 29 miles long (Dusy Branch to South Fork confluence)
 National Parks Near Summit Lake:
Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Lakes - CA, 29 miles away
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers - CA, 47 miles away
 Lakes Near Summit Lake:
Fourth Lake, Inyo CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Black Lake, Inyo CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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

Sabrina Campground
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....

Big Trees Campground
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....

Lake Sabrina
You can visit Lake Sabrina's website at http://www.lakesabrinaboatlanding.com...

North Lake Campground
10 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...

Millpond Campground and Rec
13 miles away
Call 760-937-6775 to make a reservation!?http://www.myspace.com/millpondcampground...

Taboose Creek Campground
18 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
18 miles away
... 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 could spend the day on.

We have three campgrounds close by, Goodale campground (BLM) one mile to the west, continue up Goodale rd. Taboose campground (Inyo County) one mile to the north on Tinemaha rd. and Tinem...

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

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

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