{{Short description| Lake in the state of California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Minaret Lake | image = MinaretLake.jpg | caption = with The Minarets behind | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Madera County, California, United States | coords = {{coord|37|39|35|N|119|09|29|W|region:US-CA_type:waterbody_source:gnis|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = Minaret Creek | catchment = | basin_countries = United States | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|9800|ft|m}}<ref name=gnis/> | frozen = | islands = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = California#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Minaret Lake in California, USA. | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = <ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|263664}}</ref> }} <!-- end of Infobox lake -->
'''Minaret Lake''' is a lake in the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada, in California. It is located in extreme northeastern Madera County, within the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.
Minaret Lake is notable for being on the Sierra High Route.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roper|first=Steve|year=1997|title=Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country|location=Seattle|publisher=The Mountaineers|isbn=0-89886-506-9}}</ref>
It is near the fatal 2007 airplane crash site of Steve Fossett (Fossett's plane crashed north of the lake, near the Minaret Mine on Volcanic Ridge).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/plane-wreckage-fossett-s-bone-fragment-found-3191843.php|title=Plane wreckage Fossett's - bone fragment found|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 3, 2008 | first=Kevin | last=Fagan}}</ref>
==See also== *List of lakes in California
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Category:Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Lakes of Madera County, California Category:Inyo National Forest Category:Lakes of California Category:Lakes of Northern California