Adair Lake is a lake within the backcountry of
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The p ...
, in the Sierra Nevada,
Madera County, California
Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a County (United States), county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central ...
.
Adair Lake was named for
Charles F. Adair, who stocked the lake with trout in exchange for the naming rights.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occup ...
References
Lakes of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Lakes of Madera County, California
Lakes of Yosemite National Park
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