Like cmon4day says Top of the World and Cougar Rock have amazing views.
Here is a link to the trail maps for the Arnold Rim Trail: http://arnoldrimtrail.org/info.html
This reply was modified 10 years, 5 months ago by Sandi.
Some local hikes with views: Rock Lake, the trail head starts near Elephant Rock Lake; Bull Run Lake, the trail head can be reached from the Stanislaus Meadow trail head; Heiser Lake, the trail head starts at Mosquito Lake, Highlands Lakes, various trails that are accessed from the Highland Lakes area.
Yesterday, we attempted to hike to the top of Woodchuck Basin but there’s still quite a bit of snow on the ground. At the wilderness sign we lost sight of the trail and any footprints and turned back. Good news is that the streams are flowing strong with snow melt and Alpine Lake is full to the brim.