Spooner Lake Dam

Spooner Lake Dam is a dam in , and has an elevation of 6,972 feet. Spooner Lake Dam is situated nearby to the mountain saddle , as well as near the hamlet .
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Douglas County, Nevada, United States of America
  • Also known as: “S Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spooner Lake and Spooner Summit.

Reservoir
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a man-made reservoir located just north of the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 28 near Spooner Summit, a pass in the of the Sierra Nevada, leading to from .

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain pass through the , linking the to via US 50. The highest point of the pass is located just east of Spooner Lake just before the first set of curves when traveling eastbound.

Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was a steamship that operated on at the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. Scuttled in 1940, the wreck presently lies in 400 feet of water off . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Spooner Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenbrook.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place on the east shore of in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 315. is situated 2 miles southwest of Spooner Lake Dam.

Spooner Lake Dam

Latitude
39.10776° or 39° 6′ 28″ north
Longitude
-119.91292° or 119° 54′ 47″ west
Elevation
6,972 feet (2,125 metres)
Open location code
85F2435P+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5250572076
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
5512867
Wiki­data ID
Q49000034
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Satellite Map

Discover Spooner Lake Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Spooner Lake Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Spooner Lake Dam”

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