June Lake

June Lake lies two miles from the south junction of U.S. Highway 395 with California State Route 158. The view from the end of the lake at "Oh! Ridge" is most photogenic, and the subject of thousands of snapshots. At the other end of the lake lies the main village and business district of the community of June Lake, California. Often described as "quaint," downtown June Lake offers a number of lodges, shops, restaurants and taverns.

The lake itself is approximately one mile long and a half mile wide, and is served by two marinas, where you may rent a fishing boat or launch your own. June Lake can also be ideal for sailing and sailboarding. At the northeast end is a swimming beach, popular in the Summer months, and there are campgrounds and RV parks surrounding the lake as well as in town.

If you have never before taken the side trip off of Highway 395, you will be pleasantly surprised, and will probably return again and again.

The June Lake Loop Road travels sixteen miles through the Rush Creek and Reversed Creek canyons, returning to US 395 from points six miles apart. From the Junction Store over Oh! Ridge and past June Lake, through the Village and Gull Lake areas, you will arrive at the June Mountain Ski Resort. Continuing down canyon one passes through the Petersen and Clark Tracts, arriving at the base of Dream Mountain and Carson Peak. From here the Rush Creek Hydroelectric Station controls Rush Creek at its confluence with Reversed Creek, and the road continues past Silver Lake, home of the Eastern Sierra's oldest fishing resort, and finally the Grant Lake Reservoir. The loop is completed by traveling alongside Lower Rush Creek back to US 395 and turning south through the Aeolean Buttes, the oldest volcanic formation in the Mono Lake Basin. Arriving back at the South Junction, we can stop to refuel. ·