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Nearly the entire Diamond Peak Wilderness is covered with mixed stands of mountain hemlock, lodgepole and western white pine, and silver, noble and other true firs. [1] Alpine flowers, including varieties of mimulus, trillium, lupine, penstemon, heather, and Indian paintbrush, are common along trails, lake shores, streams and in the meadows.
Diamond Lake was named for John Diamond, for whom Diamond Peak is also named. He saw the lake in 1852 while on the summit of Diamond Peak. He saw the lake in 1852 while on the summit of Diamond Peak. Diamond was a pioneer settler of Coburg, Oregon , and part of a party opening a road between the Middle Fork Willamette River and Idaho as an ...
There are 51 campsites available for overnight use, between May and October, with payment of an adequate reservation fee. A 10-mile (16 km) trail system is open to hikers and horseback riders, as well as snowshoers and snowmobilers in winter. [1] A 20-acre (8.1 ha) picnic area with 40 individual picnic sites is available for use.
Located 20 miles (32 km) north of Mount Bailey and Diamond Lake in the U.S. state of Oregon, [9] the Diamond Peak volcano represents the predominant feature of the Willamette Pass locality [10] on the border of Klamath and Lane counties, [3] [11] reaching an elevation of 8,748 feet (2,666 m), [1] and can be seen from many summits in western Oregon.
The town was renamed "Pembroke" within a month of the surveyor returning his books to Dunedin. It reverted to "Wanaka" on 1 September 1940, to reduce confusion between the names of the town and the lake. [21] The official name of the lake was updated from "Lake Wanaka" to "Lake Wānaka" in 2019, [2] and the town's name to "Wānaka" in 2021. [22]
The trail extends from Deam Lake, just north of State Road 60 in Clark County, to Delaney Park, just east of S.R. 135 in Washington County. The initial 32-mile segment of the trail was opened in 1980. [13] Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail: 109 175 Florida: part of the Florida Trail: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail: 70 113 Pennsylvania
Mount Aspiring National Park covers 3,562 square kilometres (1,375 sq mi) at the southern end of the Southern Alps, directly to the west of Lake Wānaka, and is popular for tramping, walking and mountaineering. Mount Aspiring / Tititea, elevation 3,033 metres (9,951 ft) above sea level, gives the park its name. [8]
Name GNIS Feature ID State County Type Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) USGS 7.5' Map ; Diamond Lake 1412903: AK: Kenai Peninsula: lake Tyonek A-1 SW Diamond Lake