Meiss Lake
Meiss Lake is a 3,000-acre, shallow, warm lake located in the western portion of Butte Valley, in eastern Siskiyou County. The lake is a remnant of a larger lake that occupied the entire valley when temperatures were cooler and is fed seasonally by several creeks in Butte Valley.- Type: Lake (intermittent)
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Also known as: “Butte Reservoir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macdoel.
Macdoel
Macdoel is a town in Siskiyou County in California.Meiss Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Siskiyou County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.86678° or 41° 52′ 0″ north
Longitude
-122.08032° or 122° 4′ 49″ west
Elevation
4,236 feet (1,291 metres)
Open location code
84HVVW89+PV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
OpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Meiss Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة مايس”
- Cebuano: “Meiss Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, California, Siskiyou County)”
- Cebuano: “Meiss Lake”
- Chinese: “梅斯湖”
- French: “Meiss Lake”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Somerset and Gillis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Butte Valley Wildlife Area and Meiss Lake.
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