Lake Helen
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: T1madpaintballer, Public domain.
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California
- Also known as: “Saphire Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emerald Lake and Bumpass Mountain.
Emerald Lake
Lake
Photo: Jmagnuso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Lake Helen
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.46861° or 40° 28′ 7″ northLongitude
-121.51051° or 121° 30′ 38″ westElevation
8,169 feet (2,490 metres)Open location code
84GWFF9Q+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 239445139OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5564965Wikidata ID
Q2338746
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Helen” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lake Helen”
- Cebuano: “Lake Helen (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, California, Shasta County, lat 40,47, long -121,51)”
- Cebuano: “Lake Helen”
- Chinese: “海倫湖”
- Dutch: “Lake Helen (Californie)”
- Dutch: “Lake Helen”
- French: “lac Helen”
- French: “Lac Helen”
- German: “Lake Helen”
- Welsh: “Llyn Helen”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bumpass Hell Trailhead and Mount Helen.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Helen”. Photo: T1madpaintballer, Public domain.