THE TWIN LAKES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes setting.
Twin Lakes CDP has 4.17 square miles of land in Mono County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Sierra Great Basin Slopes, within Sierra Nevada.
A high mountain block slopes west toward California's Central Valley and drops sharply on its eastern side. Granite landscapes, glacial basins and elevation-dependent conifer forests are prominent regional features.
Regional context: Sierra Nevada ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Twin Lakes and Mono County
Twin Lakes is associated with Mono County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Twin Lakes by land and water
The Census records 1.05 square miles of water within Twin Lakes, or 20.1% of its total area. It is 17.5 percentage points higher than the 2.6% recorded for Mono County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Twin Lakes CDP has 2.9 times the land area of nearby Virginia Lakes CDP (1.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

