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Mushroom Lake

Coordinates: 43°59′24″N 114°57′50″W / 43.989919°N 114.963872°W / 43.989919; -114.963872
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Mushroom Lake
Location of Mushroom Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Mushroom Lake in Idaho, USA.
Mushroom Lake
Location of Mushroom Lake in Idaho, USA.
Location of Mushroom Lake in Idaho, USA.
Mushroom Lake
LocationCuster County, Idaho
Coordinates43°59′24″N 114°57′50″W / 43.989919°N 114.963872°W / 43.989919; -114.963872
TypeGlacial
Primary inflowsHell Roaring Creek
Primary outflowsHell Roaring Creek to Salmon River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length0.13 mi (0.21 km)
Max. width0.12 mi (0.19 km)
Surface elevation8,560 ft (2,610 m)

Mushroom Lake is a small alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. There are no trails leading to the lake, although it is most easily accessed from Sawtooth National Forest trail 092.[1]

Mushroom Lake is in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and a wilderness permit can be obtained at a registration box at trailheads or wilderness boundaries. Hell Roaring Lake and Imogene Lake are downstream of Mushroom Lake.

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  1. ^ Sawtooth National Forest. “Sawtooth National Forest” [map].1:126,720, 1”=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998.