Sapphire Lake is a lake located in the
Trinity Alps Wilderness
The Trinity Alps Wilderness is a designated wilderness located in northern California, roughly between Eureka and Redding. It is jointly administered by Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, and Six Rivers National Forests. About are administered by th ...
area, in Northern California. The lake sits in a granite bowl, where it is fed by rainwater that runs down the surrounding mountains. Sapphire Lake sits just southwest of, and approximately above
Emerald Lake. The surface of the lake is above sea level.
Visitors can access the lake by hiking the
Stuart Fork Trail and continuing past Emerald Lake.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupies ...
References
Klamath Mountains
Lakes of Trinity County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Northern California
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