Snow Lake

Snow Lake is a lake in El Dorado County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 7,392 feet. Snow Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Spring Creek Recreation Residence Tract, as well as near the locality Emerald Bay.

Type: Lake
Description: lake in El Dorado County, California, United States of America
Also known as: “Katrine Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Tallac and Maggies Peaks.

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.

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.

Cascade Lake

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cascade Lake is a glacial lake located in El Dorado County, California approximately 1 kilometre from Lake Tahoe. Cascade Lake is the second largest tributary lake feeding into Lake Tahoe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tahoe Valley.

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 Snow Lake.

Snow Lake

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

38.91755° or 38° 55′ 3″ north

Longitude

-120.11442° or 120° 6′ 52″ west

Elevation

7,392 feet (2,253 metres)

Open location code

84CXWV9P+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 125396487

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5396788

Wikidata ID

Q49311068

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Snow Lake” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Snow Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, California, El Dorado County)”
Cebuano: “Snow Lake”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Spring Creek Recreation Residence Tract and Emerald Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tallac Lake and Janine’s Peak.

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