Echo Lake (formerly, Echo)
is a small
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
El Dorado County
El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-A ...
,
California
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,
United States
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, along
U.S. Route 50 in the mountains of the
Sierra Nevada. It is north-northwest of
Echo Summit
Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmil ...
.
Echo Lake's nearest neighboring town is
Little Norway
Little Norway ( no, Lille Norge), officially (FTL, "Air Force Training Camp"), was a Norwegian Army Air Service/Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in southern Ontario during the Second World War.
Origins
When Nazi Germany attacked Norway o ...
. The
ZIP code is 95721. The community is inside
area code 530
Area code 530 is a California telephone area code in northeastern and Northern California.
Regions within it include the Sacramento Valley (including some outer suburbs of Sacramento), Shasta Cascade, and the northern Sierra Nevada. Area code 53 ...
. The elevation of Echo Lake is 7539 feet (2298 m).
The average snowpack per year is 10.5 feet, with over 15 feet of snow depositing in certain areas. Precipitation and accumulation at Echo Lake can be found in
California Data Exchange Center stations located a
Echo Peak (EP5)an
Echo Summit (ECS)
Echo post office operated from 1888 to 1913, with a closure from 1910 to 1911.
Echo Lake post office operated from 1926 to 1973.
References
http://www.trailspotting.com/2008/02/echo-lakes.html
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in El Dorado County, California
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