Twin Lakes California Map

About Twin Lakes, California

Twin Lakes is a locality in Mono County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,944. The population density is 2762.5 people per km². Twin Lakes is located at 36.9674°N, 121.9980°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93517, 95062.

Twin Lakes emerges from the high-altitude landscape as a collection of glacial basins ringed by the rugged, granite reaches of the Sierra Nevada. It lies 63.8 miles south-southeast of South Lake Tahoe, CA (from South Lake Tahoe, CA: bearing 147°T), and is situated 22.4 miles north-northeast of Yosemite National Park. Robinson Creek carves a brisk, crystalline path directly through the terrain, its cold waters fed by the slow melt of the Conness Glacier thirteen miles to the west. The air here holds a thin, sharp clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding pines and defines the quiet stillness of the Toiyabe National Forest, which encompasses the land in every direction. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography rises toward the horizon, where the distant, sweeping lines of Upper Summers Meadows offer a subtle contrast to the jagged, imposing geometry of the peaks.

The economy of Twin Lakes has long been tethered to the seasonal pulse of the wilderness, drawing those who seek the solitude of the high country or the quiet expanse of the nearby Bridgeport Reservoir. History here is marked by the slow, deliberate pace of mountain life, where the industry of the past—focused largely on the rhythms of timber and the movement of livestock—has gradually yielded to a present defined by stewardship and the preservation of the wild. Life in Twin Lakes moves with a measured cadence, governed more by the changing light on the ridges than by the frantic pace of the lowlands. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon allows for a deeper recognition of the land’s endurance, far from the reach of the distant, crowded valleys.

About This Twin Lakes Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Twin Lakes, California. Coordinates: 36.96745, -121.998017. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Twin Lakes includes the ZIP code (93517, 95062), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Mono County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Santa Cruz City High School District (9-12)).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.