Backpacking camp

Gem Lakes camp area

Mosquito Flat network, Inyo National Forest, California

About this place

Gem Lakes form a small group near the upper end of Little Lakes Valley in exposed high-Sierra terrain.

The plural name covers a basin rather than one campsite. Conditions are exposed, and the area marker does not represent a tent pad.

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Latitude
37.389956° N
Longitude
118.758461° W

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Sources and photo credits

Inyo National ForestInyo National Forest wilderness use restrictionsUSGS 3DEP bare-earth DEMHike395