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.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pacific Peak and Crystal Peak.

Pacific Peak

Peak

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-106.12027° or 106° 7′ 13″ west

Elevation

13,435 feet (4,095 metres)

Open location code

85FMCV9H+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 39410485

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5433763

Wikidata ID

Q7122723

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Satellite Map

Discover Pacific Tarn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to French—“Pacific Tarn” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Pacific Tarn”
French: “Pacific Tarn”

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