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Map of Yosemite National Park showing the location of each lake as well as the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers Map of the Lakes of Yosemite TUOLUMNE RIVER MERCED RIVER YOSEMITE VALLEY Return Lake Soldier Lake Virginia Lake Merced Lake Washburn Lake Mary Lake Edith Lake Twin Lakes (lower) Lake Vernon Big Island Lake Inferno Lakes (upper) Spotted Fawn Lake Little Otter Lake Twin Lakes (upper) Fawn Lake Dorothy Lake Shepherd Lake Inferno Lakes (lower) Laurel Lake McCabe Lakes (east) Roosevelt Lake Upper McCabe Lake McCabe Lakes (south) Boundary Lake Upper Peninsula Lake Little Bear Lake Otter Lake Kibbie Lake Bear Lake Many Island Lake Peninsula Lake McCabe Lakes (west) Crescent Lake McCabe Lakes (north) Royal Arch Lake Hoover Lakes (west) Hoover Lakes (east) Hoover Lakes (north) Buena Vista Lake Grant Lakes (upper) Skelton Lakes (upper) Onion Lake Grant Lakes (lower) Windy Lake Chilnualna Lakes (west) Minnow Lake Grouse Lake Skelton Lakes (lower) Dog Lake Young Lakes (upper) Young Lakes (middle) Polly Dome Lakes (middle) Polly Dome Lakes (west) May Lake Siesta Lake Hart Lakes (lower) Chilnualna Lakes (north) Edson Lake Chilnualna Lakes (middle) Ostrander Lake Lost Lake Hart Lakes (upper) Chilnualna Lakes (east) Ten Lakes (i) Ten Lakes (v) Polly Dome Lakes (east) Ten Lakes (vii) Ten Lakes (iii) Ten Lake (iv) Ten Lakes (ii) Ten Lakes (vi) Boothe Lake Fletcher Lake Hanging Basket Lake Townsley Lake Emeric Lake Gallison Lake Evelyn Lake Vogelsang Lake Babcock Lake Bernice Lake McGee Lake Florence Lake Gravel Pit Lake Mattie Lake Arndt Lake Rock Island Lake Gaylor Lakes (middle) Gaylor Lakes (lower) Young Lakes (lower) Granite Lakes (upper) Givens Lake Spotted Lakes (upper) Breeze Lake Chain Lakes (lower) Chain Lakes (upper) Skelton Lakes (middle) Gaylor Lakes (upper) Granite Lakes (lower) Spotted Lakes (lower) Helen Lake Chain Lakes (middle) Parker Pass Lake Lower Merced Pass Lake Sunrise Lakes (upper) Upper Merced Pass Lake Sunrise Lakes (lower) Sunrise Lakes (middle) Mildred Lake Johnson Lake Tenaya Lake Cathedral Lakes (upper) Elizabeth Lake Reymann Lake Spillway Lake Echo Lake Matthes Lake Cathedral Lakes (lower) Nelson Lake Summit Lake Kuna Lake Bingaman Lake Bearup Lake Ardeth Lake Miwok Lake Flora Lake Mahan Lake Andrews Lake Upper Branigan Lake Middle Branigan Lake Branigan Lake Avonelle Lake Wilma Lake Swamp Lake Tilden Lake Saddle Horse Lake Irwin Bright Lake Table Lake Benson Lake Murdock Lake Rodgers Lake Neall Lake Surprise Lake Smedberg Lake Sister Lake Shamrock Lake Doe Lake Tallulah Lake Miller Lake Spiller Lake Lukens Lake Harden Lake Wegner Lake Hidden Lake Budd Lake Ireland Lake Maclure Lake Starr King Lake Harriet Lake Obelisk Lake Turner Lake Grayling Lake Lower Ottoway Lake Upper Ottoway Lake Edna Lake Red Devil Lake Adair Lake

Journey to the 167 Lakes of Yosemite

The first known attempt to photograph all of the named lakes in Yosemite National Park

123 photographed

44 to photograph

624 miles hiked

11,445' elevation of highest lake: Maclure Lake

100 off-trail lakes

177.89 acres of largest lake: Tenaya Lake

1.63 acres of smallest lake: Shamrock Lake

Date of most recent trip: August 14-16, 2020

Start date: May 11, 2016

Projected end date: October 2022