Little Gem Lake

Little Gem Lake is in Gunnison, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,952 feet. Little Gem Lake is situated nearby to the locality Lead King Basin, as well as near the hamlet Crystal.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snowmass Mountain and Snowmass Peak.

Snowmass Mountain

Peak

Photo: Nelsestu, Public domain.

Snowmass Mountain is a 14,101.7-foot-high mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state. Located in the Elk Mountains within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of the White River National Forest, it lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village.

Snowmass Peak

Peak

Photo: Mikethebear, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Snowmass Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado dominates the view from Snowmass Lake. It is often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain, the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state, as well as for Hagerman Peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crystal.

Crystal

Hamlet

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Crystal is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles east of Marble and 20 miles northwest of Crested Butte. Crystal is situated 4 miles south of Little Gem Lake.

Little Gem Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Gunnison, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.11204° or 39° 6′ 43″ north

Longitude

-107.08114° or 107° 4′ 52″ west

Elevation

11,952 feet (3,643 metres)

Open location code

85FJ4W69+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 40061641

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5428803

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