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Willow Lake (Saguache County, Colorado)

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Type
  
Glacial

Basin countries
  
United States

Max. width
  
0.12 mi (0.19 km)

Length
  
420 m

Primary inflows
  
Willow Creek

Primary outflows
  
Willow Creek

Max. length
  
0.26 mi (0.42 km)

Surface elevation
  
3,530 m

Width
  
190 m

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Location
  
Saguache County, Colorado

Willow Lake, also known as the lower Willow Creek Lake, is an alpine lake in Saguache County, Colorado, United States, located in the Sangre de Cristo Range within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness in Rio Grande National Forest. The lake is accessed from the Willow Lake Trail (trail 865) at the South Crestone Lake Trailhead east of Crestone, Colorado. Willow Lake is directly north of Challenger Point and south of Mount Adams. Willow Creek is both the inflow and outflow to the lake, and there are waterfalls at both lake's inflow and outflow.

Map of Willow Creek Lakes, Colorado 81252, USA

References

Willow Lake (Saguache County, Colorado) Wikipedia