Heart Lake | |
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Location | Elmore County, Idaho |
Coordinates | 43°56′23″N114°59′52″W / 43.939586°N 114.997858°W Coordinates: 43°56′23″N114°59′52″W / 43.939586°N 114.997858°W |
Lake type | Glacial |
Primary outflows | Flytrip Creek to Middle Fork Boise River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 0.20 mi (0.32 km) |
Max. width | 0.15 mi (0.24 km) |
Surface elevation | 8,575 ft (2,614 m) |
Heart Lake is a small alpine lake in Elmore County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 461. [1]
Heart Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. Heart Lake is a heart-shaped lake in the Flyrip Creek basin, which also contains several others small lakes including Camp Lake.
The Sawtooth Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in central Idaho, United States, reaching a maximum elevation of 10,751 feet (3,277 m) at the summit of Thompson Peak. It encompasses an area of 678 square miles (1,756 km2) spanning parts of Custer, Boise, Blaine, and Elmore counties, and is bordered to the east by the Sawtooth Valley. Much of the mountain range is within the Sawtooth Wilderness, part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Sawtooth National Forest.
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Lucille Lake is a small alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake, although it is most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 092.
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