Gunsight Lake (Idaho)

Gunsight Lake
Gunsight Lake at lower part of photo with Tin Cup Lake and Calkins Peak
Location of Gunsight Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Gunsight Lake in Idaho, USA.
Gunsight Lake
Location of Gunsight Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Gunsight Lake in Idaho, USA.
Gunsight Lake
LocationCuster County, Idaho
Coordinates44°07′38″N 114°36′28″W / 44.12723°N 114.607704°W / 44.12723; -114.607704
Lake typeGlacial
Primary outflowsGunsight Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length300 m (980 ft)
Max. width145 m (476 ft)
Surface elevation3,070 m (10,070 ft)

Gunsight Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. No trails lead to lake but it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 680.[1]

Gunsight Lake is just southeast of the Chinese Wall and in the same basin as Dike, Quartzite, and Tin Cup Lakes.

  1. ^ Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" [map].1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.