Gilmore Lake
Gilmore Lake in California is a backcountry lake in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, to the west of Lake Tahoe in the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached by hiking west out of the Glen Alpine Springs trailhead near the town of South Lake Tahoe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tallac and Dicks Peak.
Mount Tallac
Peak
Photo: Rabit 115, Public domain.
Mount Tallac is a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. The peak lies within the Desolation Wilderness in the Eldorado National Forest.
Dicks Peak
Peak
Dicks Peak is a 9,974-foot-elevation mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is the third-highest peak in the Desolation Wilderness, and is set on land managed by Eldorado National Forest. Dicks Peak is situated 2 miles west of Gilmore Lake.
Maggies Peaks
Peak
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
Maggies Peaks refers to a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, southwest of Lake Tahoe. There are two peaks on the mountain about 0.7 miles apart. Maggies Peaks is situated 2½ miles north of Gilmore Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tahoe Valley and Meyers.
Tahoe Valley
Suburb
Tahoe Valley is a former unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, now incorporated into South Lake Tahoe. It lies at an elevation of 6270 feet. Tahoe Valley is about the junction of U.S. Route 50 and State Route 89. Tahoe Valley is situated 6 miles east of Gilmore 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 southeast of Gilmore Lake.
Gilmore Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Gilmore Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة جليمور”
- Cebuano: “Gilmore Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Gilmore Lake”
- Dutch: “Gilmore Lake”
- French: “Gilmore Lake”
- Urdu: “گلمور لیک”
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