Box Lake

Box Lake is a lake in Boulder, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,735 feet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thunder Lake and Moomaw Glacier.

Moomaw Glacier is an alpine glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado. Moomaw Glacier is almost 1 mi northeast of Isolation Peak and the old terminal moraine of the glacier impounds Frigid Lake.

Thunder Lake Patrol Cabin

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Thunder Lake Patrol Cabin is a small structure in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Built in 1930, the 12-foot by 16-foot cabin may have been built as a simple shelter, but has more recently been used on an occasional basis as a backcountry patrol cabin in the Wild Basin area.

Box Lake

Type: Lake
Also known as: “Pit Lake”
Category: body of water
Location: Boulder, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.21304° or 40° 12′ 47″ north

Longitude

-105.64877° or 105° 38′ 56″ west

Elevation

10,735 feet (3,272 metres)

Open location code

85GP6972+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 109265445

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5575082

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