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Stanley Lake is an alpine lake in the western United States, located in Custer County, Idaho, at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately seven miles (11 km) west of Stanley , readily accessed via a three-mile (5 km) spur road from State Highway 21 . [ 1 ]
The lake is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Stanley. The lake is most easily accessed from the Iron Creek trailhead, which can be accessed from State Highway 21 via Sawtooth National Forest road 619. [1] The route to lake follows a combination of the Iron Creek trail, Alpine Way trail, and an unmaintained hiking trail to Goat Lake.
There are hundreds of lakes in the Sawtooth Mountains, most of which have been created by alpine glaciers.The majority of the lakes are within the Sawtooth Wilderness, but several are not yet still within Sawtooth National Recreation Area The largest lakes are Redfish, Alturas, Pettit, Yellow Belly, Stanley, and Sawtooth lakes.
Middle Hanson Lake is accessed via Sawtooth National Forest trail 640 from the Stanley Lake trailhead on forest service road 455 from State Highway 21. [1] Middle Hanson Lake is the largest of the three Hanson Lakes. Upper and Lower Hanson Lakes are a short distance uphill from Middle Hanson Lake. The stream that drains the Hanson Lakes goes ...
Saddleback Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness of Idaho, United States. The Saddleback Lakes are a chain of small alpine glacial lakes in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lakes are drained by an unnamed tributary of Redfish Lake Creek, which flows into the Salmon River.
The Redfish Lake trailhead can be accessed from State Highway 75 via Sawtooth National Forest road 214. [1] The surface elevation of the lake is 6,513 feet (1,985 m) above sea level . To reach the Redfish Creek trailhead you can either hike around either side of Redfish Lake or take a boat across and save several miles of hiking.
Little Redfish Lake in central Idaho is in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Custer County. Little Redfish Lake is a picturesque mountain lake ( photo ) on the northeast edge of the Sawtooth mountain range in central Idaho , five miles south of Stanley in and less than mile from State Highway 75 .
Sawtooth Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately 6.8 miles (10.9 km) southwest of Stanley. A trail from the Iron Creek trailhead and campground leads approximately 5 miles to Sawtooth Lake.