Lucerne is an

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in Chelan County,

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. Lucerne is assigned the ZIP code 98816. A post office was in operation at Lucerne from 1909 until 1930. The community was named after

Lake Lucerne __NOTOC__ Lake Lucerne (german: Vierwaldstättersee, literally "Lake of the four forested settlements" (in English usually translated as ''forest cantons''), french: lac des Quatre-Cantons, it, lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central ...

, in Switzerland, the native home of an early settler.

Geography

The community is located along the shore of

Lake Chelan Lake Chelan ( ) is a narrow, long lake in Chelan County, north-central Washington state, U.S. Before 1927, it was the largest natural lake in the state by any measure. Upon the completion of Lake Chelan Dam in 1927, the elevation of the lake was ...

at the mouth of Railroad Creek at an elevation of approximately 1,109 feet feet above sea level. The surrounding terrain is rugged and mountainous, with steep slopes rising to heights over 4,000 feet above the lake in the immediate vicinity of Lucerne. The community is located within the

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. There are two boat-in campgrounds operated by the

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in Lucerne. There is no road access into Lucerne, though a commercial

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connects the community with Stehekin at the northern end of the lake and the city of Chelan at the southern end.

References

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