Eagle Lake (Desolation Wilderness)

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Eagle Lake
Location Desolation Wilderness, El Dorado County, California, US
Coordinates 38°56′32″N120°07′21″W / 38.94222°N 120.12250°W / 38.94222; -120.12250 Coordinates: 38°56′32″N120°07′21″W / 38.94222°N 120.12250°W / 38.94222; -120.12250
Type Lake
Basin  countriesUnited States

Eagle Lake is a backcountry lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached by hiking west out of the Eagle Lake trailhead on HWY 89 at Emerald Bay State Park.

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