Tin Cup Lake

Tin Cup Lake
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Tin Cup Lake
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Tin Cup Lake in Idaho, USA.
Tin Cup Lake
LocationCuster County, Idaho
Coordinates44°07′22″N 114°36′35″W / 44.122704°N 114.609613°W / 44.122704; -114.609613
TypeGlacial
Primary outflowsGunsight Creek to Big Boulder Creek to East Fork Salmon River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length305 m (1,001 ft)
Max. width235 m (771 ft)
Surface elevation3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Tin Cup Lake at middle-left of photo with Gunsight lake and Calkins Peak

Tin Cup 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 the lake, but it can be accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 680.[1]

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