| Pelican Lake | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Pelican_Lake_Marin_County.jpg) Pelican Lake seen from the Palomarin Trail near Alamere Falls. | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Pelican Lake &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Pelican Lake | |
| Location | Marin County, California |
| Coordinates | 37°57′01″N 122°46′31″W / 37.95028°N 122.77528°W[1] |
| Type | slightly saline slightly alkaline slightly eutrophic warm monomictic[2][3] |
| Primary outflows | via Pelican Lake Creek to Pacific Ocean |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Average depth | 30 feet (9 m) in July 1969[2] |
| Surface elevation | 203 feet (62 m)[1] |
Pelican Lake is a small lake in the southern portion of the Point Reyes National Seashore, northwest of Bolinas. The lake sits at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) and has an outflow via the short Pelican Lake Creek southwest through a notch in the coastal cliffs onto Double Point's Bolsa Beach.[1][4] Pelican Lake is one of the five Coast Trail Lakes, along with Bass Lake, Crystal Lake, Ocean Lake and Wildcat Lake.[5] Alamere Falls is about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the northwest.
- ^ a b c GNIS 234445 1981.
- ^ a b WQMR 1979, pp. 65.
- ^ Widmer 1979, pp. 576.
- ^ WQMR 1979, pp. 10, 65, 66.
- ^ lakelubbers.com n.d.