Type Glacial Basin countries United States Max. width 0.17 mi (0.27 km) Length 450 m Outflow location Salmon River | Primary outflows Creek to Salmon River Max. length 0.28 mi (0.45 km) Surface elevation 2,163 m Width 270 m | |
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McDonald Lake is a small alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Stanley and 34 miles (55 km) northwest of Ketchum. The lake is very shallow and about half of it is a shallow wetland due to sedimentation.
Map of McDonald Lake, Idaho 83637, USA
McDonald Lake can be accessed from State Highway 75 via Sawtooth National Forest road 205 and 096. Forest road 096 is a high clearance road that goes directly to a trailhead and campground on the shores of Yellow Belly Lake, which is just downstream of McDonald Lake.
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