Sheep Lake

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Sheep Lake
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Sheep Lake
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Sheep Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°06′49″N114°36′35″W / 44.113590°N 114.609613°W / 44.113590; -114.609613 Coordinates: 44°06′49″N114°36′35″W / 44.113590°N 114.609613°W / 44.113590; -114.609613
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Bighorn Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin  countries United States
Max. length290 m (950 ft)
Max. width200 m (660 ft)
Surface elevation3,015 m (9,892 ft)

Sheep 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]

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

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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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