Quartzite Lake

Quartzite Lake
Location Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates 44°07′25″N 114°36′22″W / 44.123483°N 114.605996°W / 44.123483; -114.605996Coordinates: 44°07′25″N 114°36′22″W / 44.123483°N 114.605996°W / 44.123483; -114.605996
Type Glacial
Primary outflows Gunsight Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countries United States
Max. length 145 m (476 ft)
Max. width 50 m (160 ft)
Surface elevation 3,045 m (9,990 ft)

Quartzite Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to lake but it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 680.[1]

Quartzite Lake is just southeast of the Chinese Wall, northeast of Calkins Peak, and in the same basin as Dike, Gunsight, and Tin Cup Lakes.

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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