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Welcome to Lake Alpine ...

Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lake Alpine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1927.

A typical abbreviation for Lake Alpine: Lk. Alpine

Lake Alpine is 7,380 feet [2,249 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lake Alpine is about 1½ mile [or 2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lake Alpine lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lake Alpine: 530

Communities near Lake Alpine ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lake Alpine.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lake Alpine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lake Alpine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lake Alpine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Alpine.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Alpine. See our Newspapers Page for Lake Alpine.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lake Alpine ...

Looking for more information about Lake Alpine? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lake Alpine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lake Alpine.

Adding Lake Alpine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lake Alpine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lake Alpine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lake Alpine post office opened in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lake Alpine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Alpine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lake Alpine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/