Wrights Lake
Wrights Lake is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, west of Lake Tahoe on the western border of the Desolation Wilderness. It can be reached via Wrights Road off U.S. Route 50 and the Ice House Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phreakdigital, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Mountain.
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.
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 6 miles southeast of Wrights 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 6 miles southeast of Wrights Lake.
Wrights 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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Latitude
38.84852° or 38° 50′ 55″ northLongitude
-120.23147° or 120° 13′ 53″ westElevation
6,962 feet (2,122 metres)Open location code
84CXRQX9+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 42944562OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5410693Wikidata ID
Q7337424
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Satellite Map
Discover Wrights Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Wrights Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “lac Wrights”
- French: “Lac Wrights”
- Japanese: “ライツ湖”
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