Loch Leven is the name of several
lake
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s in
California
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, United States, in the
Sierra Nevada.
Inyo County
Loch Leven in
Inyo County, California
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, was named after
Loch Leven in Scotland. The USGS lists Loch Leven at on the "Mount Darwin" topographic map.
Placer County
The Loch Leven Lakes are located in
Placer County, California
Placer County ( ; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn.
Placer County is included in the Gre ...
. Three larger lakes and several smaller ones are centered at and can be found on the "Cisco Grove" and "Soda Springs" USGS topographic maps.
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". The Loch Leven trailhead is near the Big Bend Visitor Center (just off
Interstate 80), and the trail climbs in to reach the first lake, with Upper Loch Leven (also known as High Loch Leven
) another beyond.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupie ...
References
Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Lakes of Inyo County, California
Lakes of Placer County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Northern California
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