Emerald Lake Shelter

Emerald Lake Shelter is a ruins in Utah, Southwest. Emerald Lake Shelter is situated nearby to the peak The Shoulder, as well as near Timpanogos Glacier.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Timpanogos and Emerald Lake.

Mount Timpanogos

Peak

Photo: Eric Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Timpanogos, often referred to as Timp, is the second-highest mountain in Utah's Wasatch Range. Timpanogos rises to an elevation of 11,752 ft above sea level in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Emerald Lake

Photo: Brad Pack, CC BY 2.0.

Emerald Lake is a small proglacial lake near the summit of Mount Timpanogos in the middle of the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness in the Wasatch Range in northeastern Utah County, Utah, United States.

Timpanogos Glacier

Glacier

Photo: Brad Pack, CC BY 2.0.

Timpanogos Glacier is a rock glacier located on Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range within the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness in northeastern Utah County, Utah, United States. It is one of 834 known rock glaciers in the state of Utah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindon and Pleasant Grove.

Lindon

Village

Photo: Don LaVange, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lindon is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo-Orem metropolitan area. The population was 11,397 at the 2020 census. Lindon is situated 5 miles southwest of Emerald Lake Shelter.

Pleasant Grove

Town

Photo: 2MP, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Pleasant Grove, originally named Battle Creek, is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, known as "Utah's City of Trees". It is part of the Provo-Orem metropolitan area. The population was 39,604 as of April of 2025. Pleasant Grove is situated 6 miles west of Emerald Lake Shelter.

Emerald Lake Shelter

Type: Ruins
Category: building
Location: Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.39396° or 40° 23′ 38″ north

Longitude

-111.64045° or 111° 38′ 26″ west

Open location code

85GC99V5+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 604044889

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

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