Bingaman Lake is a lake in
Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County (), officially the County of Tuolumne, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 55,620. The county seat and only incorpora ...
, in the
United States
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.
Bingaman Lake was named for John W. Bingaman, a park ranger who stocked the lake with fish in exchange for the naming rights.
The lake is below
Kuna Crest
Kuna Crest is a mountain range near Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park, California.
Name
The word ''Kuna'' probably derives from a Shoshonean language, Shoshonean word meaning "fire," which appears in the Mono language (California), Mo ...
and
Kuna Peak.
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 occup ...
References
Lakes of Tuolumne County, California
Lakes of Yosemite National Park
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