Lake Agnes (Colorado)

Lake Agnes
Lake Agnes and Mount Mahler
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Location	State Forest State Park, Jackson County, Colorado, Colorado, United States
Coordinates	40°28′54″N105°54′11″W / 40.481681°N 105.903176°W / 40.481681; -105.903176
Primary outflows	Michigan River
Basin  countries	United States
Surface elevation	10,666 ft (3,251 m)
Islands	1

Lake Agnes is an alpine lake in the Colorado State Forest State Park occurring within the Never Summer Mountain Range. The lake lies within glacial tarn surrounded by a cirque consisting of Nokhu Crags, Static Peak, Mount Richthofen, Mount Mahler, and Braddock Peak. It is the deepest lake in the Colorado State Forest State Park. Lake Agnes is named after Agnes Zimmerman, the daughter of John Zimmerman, a homesteader in the area and the proprietor of the Keystone Hotel in Home, Colorado. ^[1]

Further reading

• Colorado Lakes and Reservoirs: Fishing and Boating Guide , P 53
• Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindy Birkel Hopkins, Hiking Colorado's Geology , PP 52–55

References

1. Watrous, Ansel (1911). History of Larimer County Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado: The Courier Printing & Publishing Company. p. 155.

• "Geographic Names Information System". USGS.