{{Short description| Lake in the state of California, United States}} {{See also|Lake Virginia (California)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox valley |name=Virginia Lakes Basin |other_name=Virginia Lakes |photo=Virginia Lakes Hoover Wilderness.jpg |photo_width=200 |photo_caption=Virginia Lakes from near the Sierra Crest |coordinates = {{coord|38|02|53|N|119|15|55|W|type:waterbody|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_ft=9819 |elevation_ref=<ref name=gnis/> |watercourses=Virginia Creek}} [[File:Virginia Lakes-1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Black Mountain, over Upper Virginia Lake, Virginia Lakes, California]] thumb|Upper Virginia Lake, Virginia Lakes '''Virginia Lakes''' refers to a basin of lakes in the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California.<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=268708|name=Virginia Lakes}}</ref> Virginia Lakes is located a few miles off U.S. Highway 395; the road to the lakes turns off U.S. 395 at Conway Summit, roughly halfway between Bridgeport, California, to the north and Lee Vining, California, to the south, in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The name can also refer to two lakes within the basin: Little or Lower Virginia Lake and Upper or Big Virginia Lake. The area is part of the Virginia Lakes census-designated place.
==Features== Located in the Virginia Lakes area are a resort,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginialakesresort.com/index.htm|title=Virginia Lakes Resort}}</ref> pack station,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginialakes.com/|title=Virginia Lakes Pack Outfit}}</ref> and small community. Virginia Lakes is popular with anglers, hikers, and campers. A trail beginning at Virginia Lakes serves as a gateway to the Sierra backcountry and Yosemite National Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virginialakesresort.com/hikingtrails.htm|title=Hiking Trails|work=Virginia Lakes Resort}}</ref>
===Lakes=== The bodies of water in the Virginia Lakes Basin include Trumbull Lake, Red Lake, Blue Lake, Upper Virginia Lake, Little Virginia Lake, Cooney Lake, Moat Lake, and the Frog Lakes. These are all connected by the perennial Virginia Creek (not navigable).<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.monocounty.ca.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/rpac_-_bridgeport_valley_rpac/page/2550/virginia_lakes_trails_final.pdf|title = Favorite Local Trails Around Virginia Lakes|date = |accessdate = 15 November 2015|website = www.monocounty.ca.gov|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5410679.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014032800/http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5410679.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 14, 2013|title = Eastern Sierra Back Country Fishing Guide|date = |accessdate = 15 November 2015|website = www.fs.usda.gov|publisher = California Department of Fish & Game|last = Erdman|first = James}}</ref>
==See also== *List of lakes in California
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Category:Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Lakes of Mono County, California Category:Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest Category:Lakes of California Category:Lakes of Northern California
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