Cove Lake

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Cove Lake (left) and Sapphire Lake (right) from Calkens Peak
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Cove Lake
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Cove Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°06′05″N114°36′31″W / 44.101346°N 114.608703°W / 44.101346; -114.608703
Lake type Glacial
Primary outflows Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin  countries United States
Max. length490 m (1,610 ft)
Max. width315 m (1,033 ft)
Surface elevation3,005 m (9,859 ft)

Cove 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 601. [1]

Cove Lake is east of D. O. Lee Peak and next to Hook Lake. It is also upstream of Walker Lake and downstream of Snow, Boulder, Gentian, Sapphire, and Cirque Lakes as well as The Kettles.

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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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