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.