Official dataset route segment
- Distance derivation
- reviewed source geometry measured geodesically
- Distance miles
- 0.11488317
- Distance status
- geometry derived
- End coordinate
- Latitude
- 37.59027930167576
- Longitude
- -118.85298200177768
- Geometry snapshot
- Feature id
- route-segment-convict-lake-loop-east-south-road-link
- Path
- geometry/v0/snapshots/usgs-convict-lake-loop-closure-20260925.geojson
- Sha256
- f1dadc4b81c810fa88cd0b5104248a4cf3288f5ef34b0a1245b0310bce25ad5e
- Route role
- east shore south road connection
- Start coordinate
- Latitude
- 37.58914937464098
- Longitude
- -118.8543469528832
- Surface
- road
- Turnaround arm selection
- shorter of two nearly equal mapped road arms
Evidence and sources (2)
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
The official Forest Service Convict Lake hiking map depicts a continuous dotted hiking route around the lake. The retained south-shore trail reaches the road and cul-de-sac on the lake's east side; the mapped loop follows a road connection, returns to an east-side lakeshore trail, and then uses another road connection through the boat-ramp and trailhead-parking area to rejoin the retained north-shore trail. The map does not publish individual leg mileages or reusable line geometry for these three mixed-surface connections.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: USDA Forest Service
Evidence stance: supports · Evidence details
The July 2026 USGS Transportation service returns the Convict Lake Road and Boat Launch road features plus a paved 0.34564349-mile CONVICT LAKE VIS trail. Their geometry matches the road-trail-road loop closure depicted by the official Forest Service hiking map. The south road feature intersects the paved trail endpoint within 0.4 meter; the north road and retained trail endpoints match within approximately 1.4 meters.
Observation details · Source details · Original source: U.S. Geological Survey / U.S. Forest Service
Recorded artifact references
geometry/v0/snapshots/usgs-convict-lake-loop-closure-20260925.geojson
References are not a confirmation of current availability.