California · Hiking · John Muir Wilderness · Near Bishop

Moonlight Lake

Moonlight LakePhoto: Jesse Wagstaff, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)
0.3 mi
round trip
26 ft
climb
10,992 ft
high point
Out and back
route

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The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Inyo National Forest.

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Moonlight Lake is a short, easy hike in the John Muir Wilderness, part of the White Mountain Ranger District of Inyo National Forest in California. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is about a third of a mile long, with a one-way climb of about 26 feet from a low point of roughly 10,961 feet to a high of about 10,992 feet. The trail is natural-surfaced and not accessible. Horses are allowed, but bikes are not. That makes it a simple outing for a horseback ride or a short walk on foot. Hungry Packer Lake, a mountain biking spot, sits about 0.1 mile away, and the Midnight Lake Trail is about 0.4 mile off. Farther out, Bishop Pass & Evolution offers climbing about 1.9 miles away, and Sabrina Campground is about 4 miles away for an overnight stay.

Around this trail

Add any of these when you start a trip
  • Sleep close

    Sabrina Campground

    Campground

    Campground · 4.0 mi from the trail
  • Eat after

    The Waterfront Café

    Restaurant

    On your way back · 3 mi
  • If it rains

    Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center

    Museum

    In town

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