Ostrander Lake

Plan a visit

Routes and geography

Published route profile

Recorded for: Ostrander Lake

Elevation gain ft

1500

Objective entity ids

waterbody-ostrander-lake

Operational status requires current check

Yes

Published start entity id

trailhead-ostrander-lake

Published time

8 to 10 hours

Round trip miles

12.0

Evidence and sources (1)

No claim effective interval recorded.

Spatial scope IDs: scope-glacier-point-road-corridor

Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
NPS publishes the Ostrander Lake profile, food storage, trailhead vault toilet, seasonal road access, and the October 15 overnight-parking restriction.
Publisher
National Park Service
Observer / attribution
Not recorded
Observed at
Unknown
Retrieved at
2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00
Retrieval time does not establish when an event occurred.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: National Park Service

Before you go

These open questions need confirmation; Wayproof does not fill them with guesses.

Which reviewed NPS features and explicit connectors complete the remaining Glacier Point Road routes, loops, junctions, and turnarounds?

Sentinel Dome, Taft Point, and McGurk Meadow now have exact-endpoint route graphs. The combined loop, overlook, Mono Meadow, Dewey Point, Ostrander Lake, Panorama, and full Pohono connectors remain unresolved; nearby or unnamed lines are not joined without route-specific review.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Which road, fire, smoke, water, toilet, tour-bus, and trail conditions apply on the visit date?

These conditions are volatile; the September 25 closure is dated evidence only.

Open question. Linked evidence does not resolve this gap.

No specific claim evidence is linked to this question.

Sources, evidence, and history

Planning facts above are readable first. Open these records when you need to audit a source or see when knowledge changed.

Published ChangeSet history

wp-20260925-yosemite-glacier-point-depth — ADD route-ostrander-lake: Add reviewed Glacier Point Road planning depth.
wp-20260925-yosemite-glacier-point-depth — ADD claim-ostrander-lake-published-profile: Add reviewed Glacier Point Road planning depth.