Avalanche Lake
Avalanche Lake is in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 7,500 feet. Avalanche Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Twin Bridges, as well as near the neighborhood Pyramid Creek Tract.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horsetail Falls and Ralston Peak.
Horsetail Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Phreakdigital, GFDL.
Horsetail Falls is a waterfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness of El Dorado County, California, United States.
Ralston Peak
Peak
Photo: jfdervin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ralston Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west of Lake Tahoe within the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
Lake of the Woods
Lake
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
The Lake of the Woods is a backcountry glacial lake in the Desolation Wilderness of the Eldorado National Forest, southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry and Sciots Camp.
Strawberry
Village
Photo: Barabas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strawberry is a small unincorporated community on the South Fork American River, 3.25 miles south-southwest of Pyramid Peak, along U.S. Route 50 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Strawberry is situated 3 miles southwest of Avalanche Lake.
Sciots Camp
Neighborhood
Sciots Camp is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the American River 4 miles south of Pyramid Peak, at an elevation of 5659 feet. Sciots Camp is situated 3½ miles southwest of Avalanche Lake.
Meyers
Village
Meyers is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada. Meyers is situated 6 miles east of Avalanche Lake.
Avalanche Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.83341° or 38° 50′ 0″ northLongitude
-120.12336° or 120° 7′ 24″ westElevation
7,500 feet (2,286 metres)Open location code
84CXRVMG+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 165786719OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
5325300
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