Backpacking camp

Third Lake camp area

Big Pine Creek North Fork network, Inyo National Forest, California

About this place

Third Lake lies west of Second Lake along the North Fork trail beneath Temple Crag. The trail continues through the upper lake basin toward the Fifth Lake spur.

Kampilo represents the surrounding legal camp area, not an individual tent pad or guaranteed space.

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Latitude
37.121551° N
Longitude
118.495088° W

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Sources and photo credits

USGS Geographic Names / USGS hydrographyInyo National Forest wilderness use restrictionsUSGS 3DEP bare-earth DEMThe Fun Chronicles