Jenny Lake

Jenny Lake is located in in the U.S. state of . The lake was formed approximately 12,000 years ago by pushing rock debris which carved Cascade Canyon during the last glacial maximum, forming a terminal moraine which now impounds the lake.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jenny Lake Visitor Center and Jenny Lake Ranger Station.

Tourism office
is a tourism office.

Waterfall
Photo: Lorax, CC BY 3.0.
is located on Cascade Creek, in the U.S. state of . The falls drop approximately 100 feet near the eastern end of Cascade Canyon, and west of Jenny Lake.

Jenny Lake

Latitude
43.76355° or 43° 45′ 49″ north
Longitude
-110.73078° or 110° 43′ 51″ west
Elevation
6,788 feet (2,069 metres)
Open location code
85MFQ779+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 75077718
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
5828791
Wiki­data ID
Q743054
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Venetian—“Jenny Lake” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Jenny Lake (lanaw sa Estados Unidos, Wyoming)
  • Cebuano: Jenny Lake
  • Dutch: Jenny Lake
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره چينى
  • Esperanto: Jenny
  • French: lac Jenny
  • French: Lac Jenny
  • German: Jenny Lake
  • Italian: lago Jenny
  • Italian: Lago Jenny
  • Japanese: ジェニー湖
  • Russian: Дженни
  • Spanish: Lago Jenny
  • Venetian: lago Jenny
  • Jenny

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jenny Lake Trailhead and Jenny Lake Overlook.

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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 “Jenny Lake”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.