Neck Lake

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Neck Lake
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Neck Lake
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Neck Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°06′48″N114°37′00″W / 44.113370°N 114.616699°W / 44.113370; -114.616699
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Bighorn Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin  countries United States
Max. length75 m (246 ft)
Max. width35 m (115 ft)
Surface elevation3,060 m (10,040 ft)

Neck 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 can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 601. [1]

Neck Lake is just south of Calkins Peak, northeast of D. O. Lee Peak, upstream of Sheep Lake, and downstream of Slide Lake.

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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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