Loch Leven (California)

For other similarly named locations, see Loch Leven (disambiguation).

Loch Leven is the name of several lakes in California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada.

Loch Leven
Loch Leven, looking west towards Piute Pass
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Location	Inyo County, California
Coordinates	37°13′52″N 118°39′16″W
Primary inflows	North Fork of Bishop Creek
Primary outflows	North Fork of Bishop Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	10,748 ft (3,276 m)[1]
References	[1]

Inyo County

Loch Leven in Inyo County, California, was named after Loch Leven in Scotland. The USGS lists Loch Leven at 37°13′52″N 118°39′16″W on the "Mount Darwin" topographic map.^[1]

Placer County

The Loch Leven Lakes are located in Placer County, California. Three larger lakes and several smaller ones are centered at 39°17′10″N 120°30′15″W and can be found on the "Cisco Grove" and "Soda Springs" USGS topographic maps.^[2]

The Loch Leven Lakes are a popular day hike, with the U.S. Forest Service rating the trail's use level as "heavy" and its difficulty as "moderate".^[3] The Loch Leven trailhead is near the Big Bend Visitor Center (just off Interstate 80), and the trail climbs 1,070 feet (330 m) in 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to reach the first lake, with Upper Loch Leven (also known as High Loch Leven^[4]) another 1.1 miles (1.8 km) beyond.

See also

• List of lakes in California