Emerald Lake

Emerald Lake is a small lake located nearby Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, in Shasta County, California. The lake is located about 0.3 mi west of Lake Helen. Highway 89 runs along the eastern shore of the small lake.

Photo: Jmagnuso, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Helen and Pilot Pinnacle.

Lake Helen

Lake

Photo: T1madpaintballer, Public domain.

Lake Helen is a glacial lake or a tarn occupying a cirque at around 8,200 feet in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The lake is located to the south of Lassen Peak and west of Bumpass Mountain in the Shasta Cascades region of Northern California.

Pilot Pinnacle

Peak

Photo: LassenNPS, Public domain.

Pilot Pinnacle is a peak.

Bumpass Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bumpass Mountain is a mountain located south of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. It rises to an elevation of 8,753 feet near Bumpass Hell and Lake Helen.

Emerald Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in the United States of America
Category: body of water
Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.46796° or 40° 28′ 5″ north

Longitude

-121.51865° or 121° 31′ 7″ west

Elevation

8,104 feet (2,470 metres)

Open location code

84GWFF9J+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30184280

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5563322

Wikidata ID

Q2219267

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Satellite Map

Discover Emerald Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Emerald Lake” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Emerald Lake (Lassen Peak)”
Dutch: “Emerald Lake”
Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اميرالد (بحيره)”
Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اميرالد”
French: “lac Emerald”
French: “Lac Emerald”
Spanish: “Lago Emerald (California)”
Spanish: “Lago Emerald”

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Notable Places Nearby

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