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Backpacking Places

One great thing about Backpackers is that as a group they do a lot of planning and like to share with the backpacking community what they learned and what people should know about any given area that they travelled to. In my area the app AllTrails does a good job of providing informative information to people. That said, the National Forest Service website really is awful. Worst than awful actually. I decided to document my research here in July 2025. I hope some might find it useful.

🗺️ Backpacking Entry Points

Baker and Green Lakes
ID: JM22
Area: John Muir
Baxter Pass
ID: JM29
Area: John Muir
Beck Lake
ID: AA12
Area: Ansel Adams
Big Pine Creek North Fork
ID: JM23
Area: John Muir
Big Pine Creek South Fork
ID: JM24
Area: John Muir
Birch Lake
ID: JM25
Area: John Muir
Bishop Pass -South Lake
ID: JM21
Area: John Muir
Blackrock
ID: GT66
Area: Golden Trout
Notes: Non Quota
Bloody Canyon
ID: AA03
Area: Ansel Adams
Convict Creek
ID: JM04
Area: John Muir
Cottonwood Lakes
ID: JM39
Area: John Muir
Cottonwood Pass
ID: GT60
Area: Golden Trout
Deer Lakes
ID: JM00
Area: John Muir
Duck Pass
ID: JM01
Area: John Muir
Fern Lake
ID: AA13
Area: Ansel Adams
Fish Creek
ID: AA14
Area: Ansel Adams
Gable Lakes
ID: JM12
Area: John Muir
George Creek
ID: JM33
Area: John Muir
George Lake
ID: JM18
Area: John Muir
Gibbs Lake
ID: AA02
Area: Ansel Adams
Glacier Canyon
ID: AA01
Area: Ansel Adams
Golden Trout Lakes
ID: JM30
Area: John Muir
Haiwee Pass
ID: SS64
Area: Golden Trout
Notes: Non Quota
High Trail
ID: AA09
Area: Ansel Adams
Hilton Lakes
ID: JM06
Area: John Muir
Horton Lakes
ID: JM13
Area: John Muir
Italy Pass
ID: JM10
Area: John Muir
John Muir Trail North of Devils Postpile
ID: AA10
Area: Ansel Adams
John Muir Trail South of Devils Postpile
ID: AA15
Area: Ansel Adams
Kearsarge Pass
ID: JM31
Area: John Muir
Kennedy Meadows
ID: SS65
Area: Golden Trout
Notes: Non Quota
Lakes Canyon
ID: HH12
Area: Hoover / Inyo
Notes: Non Quota
Lamarck Lakes
ID: JM16
Area: John Muir
Laurel Lakes
ID: JM03
Area: John Muir
Little Lakes Valley
ID: JM09
Area: John Muir
Lundy Canyon
ID: HH01
Area: Hoover / Inyo
Notes: Non Quota
McGee Pass
ID: JM05
Area: John Muir
Meysan Lake
ID: JM37
Area: John Muir
Minaret Lake
ID: AA11
Area: Ansel Adams
Mono Pass
ID: JM08
Area: John Muir
North Fork of Lone Pine Creek
ID: JM34
Area: John Muir
Olancha Pass
ID: SS63
Area: Golden Trout
Notes: Non Quota
Parker Lake
ID: AA04
Area: Ansel Adams
Pine Creek
ID: JM11
Area: John Muir
Piute Pass
ID: JM15
Area: John Muir
Red Cones
ID: AA16
Area: Ansel Adams
Red Lake
ID: JM26
Area: John Muir
River Trail
ID: AA08
Area: Ansel Adams
Rush Creek
ID: AA05
Area: Ansel Adams
Sabrina Lake
ID: JM17
Area: John Muir
Saddlebag Lake
ID: HH14
Area: Hoover / Inyo
Notes: Non Quota
Sawmill Pass
ID: JM28
Area: John Muir
Shadow Creek
ID: AA07
Area: Ansel Adams
Shepherd Pass
ID: JM32
Area: John Muir
Taboose Pass
ID: JM27
Area: John Muir
Tamarack Lakes
ID: JM07
Area: John Muir
Trail Pass
ID: GT62
Area: Golden Trout
Notes: Non Quota
Treasure Lakes
ID: JM20
Area: John Muir
Tuttle Creek
ID: JM38
Area: John Muir
Tyee Lakes
ID: JM19
Area: John Muir
Upper Buttermilk
ID: JM14
Area: John Muir
Valentine Lake
ID: JM02
Area: John Muir
Warren Fork
ID: HH13
Area: Hoover / Inyo
Notes: Non Quota
Yost / Fern Lakes
ID: AA06-OH
Area: Owens River Headwaters

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My Compilation of Information from the Forest Service - US Department of Agriculture (FS-USDA)

(New Section July 2025)