Miner Lake

Miner Lake
Location of Miner Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Miner Lake in Idaho, USA.
Miner Lake
Location of Miner Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Miner Lake in Idaho, USA.
Miner Lake
LocationBlaine County, Idaho
Coordinates43°45′33″N 114°39′55″W / 43.75927°N 114.665195°W / 43.75927; -114.665195
TypeGlacial
Primary outflowsMiner Creek to Prairie Creek to Big Wood River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length1,280 ft (390 m)
Max. width790 ft (240 m)
Surface elevation8,785 ft (2,678 m)

Miner Lake is an alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, located in the Smoky Mountains in Sawtooth National Recreation Area of Sawtooth National Forest. The lake is most easily accessed via trail 135 from the end of forest road 179. The lake is located just west of Norton Peak and north of Prairie Cree Peak.[1]

  1. ^ Sawtooth National Forest (Map) (1998 ed.). Sawtooth National Forest, U.S. Forest Service.