Bear Lake (Idaho)

Bear Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°08′16″N 114°41′40″W / 44.137826°N 114.694503°W / 44.137826; -114.694503Coordinates: 44°08′16″N 114°41′40″W / 44.137826°N 114.694503°W / 44.137826; -114.694503
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Bear Lake Creek Warm Springs Creek to Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 120 m (390 ft)
Max. width 70 m (230 ft)
Surface elevation 2,720 m (8,920 ft)

Bear Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 671 along Warm Springs Creek.[1]

Bear Lake is just north of Watson Peak and west of, but in a different basin from, Swimm Lake.

References

  1. Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.

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