Hemlock Lake

Hemlock Lake is in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 8,399 feet. Hemlock Lake is situated near the hamlet Upper Forni.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Blue Mountain and Mount Price.

Blue Mountain

Peak

Blue Mountain is a mountain in the Crystal Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada. It is west of Lake Tahoe on the western boundary of the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.

Mount Price is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada at the southern end of the Crystal Range, and southwest of Lake Tahoe. The summit is located in the Desolation Wilderness and the El Dorado County, California.

Pyramid Peak

Peak

Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.

Pyramid Peak is a mountain in the California's Sierra Nevada in the Crystal Range to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is the highest point in the Desolation Wilderness. Pyramid Peak is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hemlock Lake.

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 5 miles southeast of Hemlock Lake.

Sciots Camp

Neighborhood

Sciots Camp is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States. 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 6 miles southeast of Hemlock Lake.

Hemlock Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.86124° or 38° 51′ 41″ north

Longitude

-120.19468° or 120° 11′ 41″ west

Elevation

8,399 feet (2,560 metres)

Open location code

84CXVR64+F4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 165786445

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5356305

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Upper Forni and Lower Forni.

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Highlights: Twin Lakes and Agassiz.

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