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Cottonwood Lakes Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
California

Cottonwood Lakes Trail

Lone Pine, California

16.2 mi

Distance

3,675 ft

Elev. Gain

6h 47m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Cottonwood Lakes Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:3,058 ft
Max:3,753 ft
Gain:1,120 ft
Loss:1,120 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 3,058 ft and 3,753 ft across 16.2 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.3,058 ft3,290 ft3,521 ft3,753 ft0.0 mi4.0 mi8.1 mi12.1 mi16.2 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi3,063 ft
High point7.9 mi3,753 ft
End16.2 mi3,063 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lone Pine, CA · about 8 mi away
County:
Inyo County, CA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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