Echo Lake

Echo Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. It is located at the head of remote Echo Canyon at approximately, and at an elevation of 9,830 feet.

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Gilbert and Ruby Dome.

Mount Gilbert

Peak

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Mount Gilbert is the sixth-highest named mountain of the Ruby Mountains and the eighth-highest in Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the forty-third-highest mountain in the state.

Ruby Dome

Peak

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruby Dome is the highest mountain in both the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-seventh-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the thirteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state.

Box Lake

Lake

Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.

Box Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. It is located on a shelf on the side wall of Box Canyon, and at an elevation of 9,620 feet.

Echo Lake

Type: Lake
Description: lake in Nevada, United States of America
Category: body of water
Location: Elko, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.61284° or 40° 36′ 46″ north

Longitude

-115.44647° or 115° 26′ 47″ west

Elevation

9,823 feet (2,994 metres)

Open location code

85G6JH73+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 733439553

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5703605

Wikidata ID

Q5332721

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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Echo Lake” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Echo Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Nevada)”
Cebuano: “Echo Lake”
Spanish: “Lago Echo”

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