Pacific Tarn
Pacific Tarn is a small lake located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in the United States. It is notable for its 13,420 foot elevation, making it the highest lake in the United States whose name is recognized by the United States Board on Geographic Names, surpassing other lakes such as Hawaii's Lake Waiau on Mauna Kea, and California's Tulainyo Lake near Mount Whitney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacific Peak and Crystal Peak.
Pacific Peak
Peak
Pacific Peak, elevation 13,957 ft, is a summit in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado. The peak is southwest of Breckenridge in the Arapaho National Forest.
Crystal Peak
Peak
Photo: Dinomite, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crystal Peak is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,859-foot thirteener is in White River National Forest, 5.9 miles southwest of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.
Fletcher Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fletcher Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,958-foot thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 8.1 miles southwest by south of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue River and Copper Mountain.
Blue River
Village
Photo: Adam Baker, CC BY 2.0.
Blue River is a statutory town located along the Blue River in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 877 at the 2020 United States census. The town is located in the Blue River Valley along Colorado State Highway 9.
Copper Mountain
Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copper Mountain is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Summit County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Breckenridge
Breckenridge is a ski resort and town at the northern tip of the south central region of Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the United States of America.
Pacific Tarn
- Type: Lake
- Description: small lake in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Summit, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.41964° or 39° 25′ 11″ northLongitude
-106.12027° or 106° 7′ 13″ westElevation
13,435 feet (4,095 metres)Open location code
85FMCV9H+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 39410485OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5433763Wikidata ID
Q7122723
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to French—“Pacific Tarn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Pacific Tarn”
- French: “Pacific Tarn”
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