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Baker Lake (Alpine Lakes Wilderness)

Coordinates: 47°21′05″N 121°18′06″W / 47.3515°N 121.30172°W / 47.3515; -121.30172
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Baker Lake
Location of Baker Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Baker Lake in Washington, USA.
Baker Lake
Location of Baker Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Baker Lake in Washington, USA.
Baker Lake
LocationKittitas County, Washington, United States
Coordinates47°21′05″N 121°18′06″W / 47.3515°N 121.30172°W / 47.3515; -121.30172
Primary outflowsThetis Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area4.7 acres (0.019 km2)[1]
Surface elevation4,432 ft (1,351 m)[2]

Baker Lake is a small freshwater lake located within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in a valley on the northern slope of Keechelus Ridge between Keechelus Lake and Kachess Lake in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. Big Creek, a tributary to the Taylor River, exits Baker Lake into a canyon that produces Big Creek Falls. Because of its proximity to Rampart Ridge, Interstate 90 and the cirque of Keechelus Ridge a short distance to the south, the lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing brook trout, golden trout and rainbow trout.[1] Access to Baker Lake is provided through Keechelus Ridge off Forest Road 126. A short distance southwest is Microwave Hill, which is named because of a microwave radio tower on its summit.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "Baker (Thetis)". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baker Lake
  3. ^ "Microwave Hill, Washington". PeakBagger. Retrieved 12 May 2021.