Castle Lake
Castle Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 047.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Merriam Peak and Castle Peak.
Merriam Peak
Peak
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Merriam Peak, at 10,920 feet is one of the peaks of the White Cloud Mountains of Custer County, Idaho. It was named for John H. Merriam who played an instrumental role in protecting the area from being mined for molybdenum.
Castle Peak
Peak
Photo: Leaflet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Peak is a mountain in the western United States, the highest peak in the White Cloud Mountains of central Idaho and the Idaho Batholith. Located in Custer County, it is the 25th highest peak in the state, and the ninth most prominent.
Patterson Peak
Peak
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Patterson Peak at 10,872 feet above sea level is a peak in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho. The peak is located in Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Custer County 2.70 mi west of Castle Peak, its line parent. Patterson Peak is situated 2 miles west of Castle Lake.
Castle Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: body of water
- Category: glacial lake
- Location: Custer, Idaho, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.04638° or 44° 2′ 47″ northLongitude
-114.57661° or 114° 34′ 36″ westElevation
9,423 feet (2,872 metres)Open location code
85P72CWF+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 142877906OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Castle Lake” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castle”
- Cebuano: “Castle Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Idaho, Custer County)”
- Cebuano: “Castle Lake”
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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 “Castle Lake”. Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.