Dingleberry Lake

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Dingleberry Lake
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Dingleberry Lake
Location John Muir Wilderness / Inyo National Forest / Inyo County, California
Coordinates 37°10′56″N118°38′15″W / 37.1822°N 118.6374°W / 37.1822; -118.6374
Type Lake
Surface area5.098 acres (2.063 ha)
Surface elevation10,495 ft (3,199 m)
References [1] [2]

Dingleberry Lake is a natural lake in Inyo County, California, in the United States. [1] The lake was so named on account of dingleberries hanging on the rear of sheep in the area. [3]

The Sabrina Lake Trail leads hikers to Dingleberry Lake. [4] Dingleberry Lake is a popular camping site. [5] [6] The lake contains a population of brook trout. [7] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dingleberry Lake
  2. 1 2 "Eastern Sierra Back Country Fishing Guide" (PDF). State of California Natural Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Browning, Peter (2011). Sierra Nevada Place Names: From Abbot to Zumwalt. Great West Books. p. 65. ISBN   978-0-944220-23-8. ...christened the lake for the dingleberries on the hind ends of his sheep.
  4. ↑ "Sabrina Lake Trail". United States Forest Service . Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Morey, Kathy; White, Mike; Corless, Stacey; Analise Elliot Heid (6 June 2006). Sierra South: Backcountry Trips in Californias Sierra Nevada. Wilderness Press. p. 239. ISBN   978-0-89997-414-9.
  6. ↑ Adkison, Ron (2000). Hiking Northern California. Globe Pequot Press. p. 131. ISBN   978-1-56044-701-6.
  7. ↑ Morrison, Wilbur H. (1998). Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 43. ISBN   978-1-55650-845-5.


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